Article September 17, 1927 Issue

The Sons of God

HELEN S. SAVAGE

Joy-inspiring allusions to the sons of God abound in the Scriptures, as for example in the reference to the time when the sons of God shouted for joy while the morning stars sang together. Men have looked back to those times with longing, or have looked forward to a future, far-off heaven as a place where they might hope to repeat the experience. In consequence, and although devotion and gladness are both desirable and attainable in the hereafter, men have fallen far short of the comprehension of the availability of these as a present help toward complete freedom from the seeming ills of the flesh and the finding of the true status of sonship which entitles them to join in this sacred worship immediately, to echo the glad shouts of all the other sons of God—to swell the grand harmony of the song of the morning stars.

Now, Christian Science reveals the actuality of the sons of God and explains their origin. Mary Baker Eddy, the revered Leader and Founder of the Christian Science movement, spiritually perceiving that Christ Jesus had fully understood this divine sonship, and that he had demonstrated his understanding of it to the uttermost,—that his demonstration was based upon the divine Principle, Love, and worked out by the divine rule of Love,—worked and prayed continually that all mankind might be brought to this same perception. She taught that this might be gained only through a better understanding of God and of man's relationship to Him.

Following Christ Jesus in her own demonstrations and teachings, Mrs. Eddy leads thought to this better understanding and to the truth which that inspired disciple, who clearly understood his Master's teachings, beheld when he wrote, "God is love," and, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God." She saw that John's syllogism embodies the conclusion that now, at this moment, man is the son of divine Love. From this summit of thought she expects her followers to base their reasoning, whatever the personal senses may indicate as taking place in their experiences. If these erring senses deny the truth of the disciple's statement, it is the constant work of all students of Christian Science to demonstrate the truth of John's words. By this righteous endeavor they are enabled to bring to light for themselves and others this normal and natural state of man.

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