Article July 26, 1930 Issue

"Thy will be done"

GEORGE WESLEY FARLOW

JESUS prayed, "Not as I will, but as thou wilt," with the result that he was intelligently, not blindly, led. Following the great Exemplar, who accomplished his mighty works through obedience to the divine will, the student of Christian Science is learning to become unselfish, loving, and meek. Through the study and application of the practical teachings of Christ Jesus, thought is gradually rising higher and higher into the spiritual realm, and the student is therefore experiencing greater freedom from the bondage of materialism with its accompanying ills of the flesh.

Mrs. Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 33): "When the human element in him struggled with the divine, our great Teacher said: 'Not my will, but Thine, be done!'—that is, Let not the flesh, but the Spirit, be represented in me. This is the new understanding of spiritual Love. It gives all for Christ, or Truth. It blesses its enemies, heals the sick, casts out error, raises the dead from trespasses and sins, and preaches the gospel to the poor, the meek in heart."

In struggling to advance from sense to Soul, in the process of rising superior to human will and its false accompaniments, the student of Christian Science may often seem to pass through severe trials; but each one of these experiences, when brought under the control of spiritual understanding, is seen as a stepping-stone, a point at which thought may be lifted to a more implicit faith in God, to a clearer perception and realization of His omnipotence and omnipresence, His loving protection and guidance.

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