Article April 5, 1930 Issue

Unity

JEAN S. FREEDLANDER

Almost everyone is familiar with the old saying that in union there is strength, and also with the adversary's words, Separate, and weaken. The Psalmist says, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" Yet how frequently do we find that mere numbers do not avail—that the victors have often been not the greatest, but the fewest in number.

Throughout the world's history we find instances of inspired leaders facing foes far outnumbering their following, and yet gaining the victory because they were fighting for the right. One such intrepid soldier was David, the sweet singer of Israel, who, having proved that God is an ever present help, was thereby enabled fearlessly and calmly to face Goliath and to vanquish the foe of his God and his people. Yes, David proved that in union there is strength—not union with many people, but with divine Principle, God.

Centuries later came another brave leader, the great Way-shower, Christ Jesus. The meekest of men, he was also the mightiest; for he was animated by a great unselfed love for and understanding of God and man, and was ready, willing, and able to stand alone in the face of the world's bitter hatred and abuse; and yet he said, "I am not alone, because the Father is with me." How well he realized the ever-presence of God and his unity with Him; and how this realization enabled him to make his supreme sacrifice with love and forgiveness in his heart! Three days later, his wonderful purity and spiritual understanding resulted in the resurrection—his emergence from the tomb—from the belief that man dies into the truth that man ever lives; and forty days later came the crowning event of his experience, the ascension above and beyond all material beliefs and conditions.

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