Editorial August 25, 1928 Issue

Consecration to God

Ella W. Hoag

Consecration to God implies so much of self-abnegation as well as so much of heavenly beauty, that few have more than touched the hem of its garment. Not understanding its very great desirability, mankind has either considered it superficially and so skimmed only its surface, or has accounted it too transcendental to be grasped and demonstrated in what it has called an earthly existence. To be sure, men have talked much of consecrated effort in connection with worldly pursuits, and have even advised self-sacrifice in certain directions in order that certain other worldly aims might be won. When, however, the holiness which consecration to God demands has been glimpsed, there seem to be comparatively few who are ready to enter upon its demonstration.

And still God's law of absolute and complete loyalty to Him has stood and must stand throughout eternity. This law is fundamental at all times and under all circumstances. Every individual must awaken to its demands and obey them. From the day when Moses called upon the children of Israel to consecrate themselves to the Lord, to the present time, God's requirement that all men shall dedicate their entire lives to His service has been obligatory. But why have men seemed so slow to meet this obligation fully and freely? Because complete consecration to God invariably involves the sacrifice of all that opposes or is contrary to Him.

Until Christian Science was revealed, even Christians did not fully comprehend what the writer to the Hebrews implied when he spoke of the "Son, who is consecrated for evermore." With the revelation of this Science, this absolute Truth may be understood. As Christian Scientists accept the glorious fact that man in God's image and likeness must express God's perfect control, they recognize that the truth of being, which includes man's complete loyality to God, is already established. As they accept this truth, they take the first step towards comprehending and expressing here and now true consecration to God. As they apply this truth by allowing it to unfold in their thinking, they cannot fail to find it replacing all lesser beliefs of consecration.

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