Editorial April 26, 1930 Issue

Integrity

Duncan Sinclair

The Christian Scientist should be known and respected for his integrity. Christian Science has revealed to him the great spiritual fact of God's allness, convinced him that good alone is real and worthy of his ambition and attainment; and thus enlightened, he is aware of the unreality of evil and consequently of the uselessness of pursuing evil along any line. He may fall short at times of the ideal which Christian Science sets before him, but there can be no denying the fact that the genuine Christian Scientist is desirous of living a life of integrity; a life characterized by uprightness of motive and act; a life that is truthful, humane, kindly, honest, considerate; in short, a life in which good is being demonstrated.

Usually it is not difficult to detect integrity in others, for men and women of integrity do not act a double part. They are content to let their light shine, whatever the intensity of that light may be. And because of this they are respected and trusted, and sometimes honored, by their fellow men.

How necessary in the practice of Christian Science is integrity! Are not the eyes of the world on our movement to-day? Are not the misinformed and those who are skeptical, as well as many who are interested in Christian Science, eagerly watching the lives of its students to see how far they are consistent with what this Science teaches? Let no one deceive himself—inconsistency will not long remain undetected. He who would seek to hide an ignoble life under a plausible exterior will soon find his tatters being torn away and his lack of integrity exposed. The student of Christian Science must continually be examining himself to see if he is abiding by Principle, consistently expressing good. If so, then he is loyal to the Cause he has espoused, and his light will not fail to guide men to the saving truths of Christian Science.

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