Editorial October 18, 1930 Issue

Joy in the Healing Work

Duncan Sinclair

In the thirty-fifth chapter of Isaiah these words occur: "And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." In beautiful language they express the fact that spiritual-mindedness is heir to joy and gladness.

Material-mindedness, thought that is unspiritual, can never result in happiness and joy. On the contrary, its inevitable consequents are sorrow, disappointment, sickness, and ultimately death. Thought that dwells on matter as real, that believes matter to be causative and that life and intelligence abide in it and are dependent upon it, can never rise above "sorrow and sighing" and enter into the "everlasting joy" of spiritual living. Well it is for men when they see this and seek to turn their thoughts Spiritward, even to the understanding of God which Christian Science gives.

"Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love," writes Mrs. Eddy on page 57 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." In God, perfect Mind, there is absolute harmony, absolute joy. And His creation reflects this harmony and joy. Hence the real man, the image of God, is entirely harmonious, happy, and joyful. This is the ideal which Christian Science presents to all mankind; and, moreover, this Science shows how by obedience to divine law men can demonstrate the ideal in their lives, attaining to an ever increasing measure of harmony, happiness, and joy.

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