Editorial December 20, 1930 Issue

And they came with haste"

Violet Ker Seymer

On that first Christmas night the shepherds of whom we love to read were faithful in guarding their flocks; but their gaze was not so earthbound as to make them unobservant of an unusual glory in the heavens. Their inner ear was attuned to the message of the heavenly host, and they cried eagerly: "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste."

To-day, the heaven-sent message of Christian Science is resounding in human consciousness and many are heeding it and are "looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God." What is this day of God? It is the day of spiritual illumination, constant awareness and proof of the perfect manifestation of perfect Mind. On page 586 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy defines "God" as "Science; spiritual being understood; haste towards harmony."

Every normal human being desires to do better than he is doing, and he repents all wrongdoing. But in Christian Science we must hasten on from repentance to reformation and right doing. If our supreme desire is to grow, and to outgrow whatever is unworthy, nothing can delay our progress. Moreover, everyone should claim as his this wholly natural desire for mental and moral progress, knowing that it will bring him enlightenment, health, and harmony.

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