Editorial December 22, 1928 Issue

The Fullness of God

Violet Ker Seymer

Christian Science teaches that our duty towards God is to seek to express every true quality joyously, continuously, without regard to circumstances; for, as our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, tells us on page 183 of "Miscellaneous Writings," "Man is God's image and likeness; whatever is possible to God, is possible to man as God's reflection."

In the light of Christian Science, which teaches that all the gifts of God are impartially bestowed upon all, parents need no longer calculate their children's prospects, their gifts and capacities, according to genealogy. From the time an adult begins his study of Christian Science, he need no longer measure his future accomplishment by his limited achievement in the past. Neither should the so-called chronic invalid believe that it is too late for him to regain perfect health. It is never too late to put off personal limitation by means of spiritual reflection. The past is past, and a glorious prospect stretches before each and every one in this realm of spiritual reflection of the fullness of God, good.

This spiritual progress and expansion is the exact opposite of the methods of so-called mortal mind, whose ignorance and pride prohibit it from relying on anything but itself, and whose only concept of progress is along the line of willpower, mortal self-development, and personal ambition. In human history it is often found that men of great gifts, even men of genius, have lamentably failed because their character and nature have not measured up to their artistic or intellectual gifts.

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