Article October 25, 1930 Issue

"Thy will be done"

MARY POLLOCK GRANT

In the light of Christian Science the petition in our Lord's Prayer, "Thy will be done," is full of joy and gladness. Throughout the ages this prayer has been offered by Christians in devoutness and submission; but too often it has been wedded in thought to some sorrowful experience, when those who were passing through deep waters of pain or grief tried to accept them as the will of their Father in heaven. They may have prayed, as did Christ Jesus in Gethsemane, "Not my will, but thine, be done;" but they forgot that though the darkness of Calvary followed his prayer, so did the brightness of the resurrection, and that the Father's will was truly done in Jesus' glorious victory over the sin of the world and over death.

Christian Science is showing the world that the will of God is the will of divine Love; for God is Love, as the Apostle John declares. Love can desire and plan only good; so the will of God, or Love, must mean blessing and joy, health and plentiful supply, for all His children. Therefore, in all circumstances, Christian Scientists pray with gladness, "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven," remembering the spiritual interpretation of these words given on page 17 of their textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, "Enable us to know, —as in heaven, so on earth, —God is omnipotent, supreme."

Since God is omnipotent, His will must be done; and since He is Love, His will must bless us, as well as the whole human family. What relief, what comfort, for us in that thought! The burden of care for ourselves or for those dear to us drops off, and in the words of the hymn we "bear a song away."

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