Article September 27, 1930 Issue

"The acme of Christian Science"

HELEN G. BLAKEMORE

Christian scientists are constantly asking themselves, How can I be a real witness for Christian Science, a witness such as our beloved Leader must have longed to see, such as would show that the teachings she toiled to make available to us were divinely inspired and indispensable to mankind? We may be sure that when the desire to be such a witness is gained and kept active, some measure of discipleship is certain to follow. This desire quickens our perception, turns us to the rich instructions which are given to mankind in the Scriptures and our Leader's writings, and bids us translate their living counsels into daily practice.

How near at hand and how necessary is this work, is seen when one begins to ponder the meaning of the following passage from Mrs. Eddy's "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 100): "The spiritual monitor understood is coincidence of the divine with the human, the acme of Christian Science. Pure humanity, friendship, home, the interchange of love, bring to earth a foretaste of heaven. They unite terrestrial and celestial joys, and crown them with blessings infinite." Here we are admonished to look for "the acme of Christian Science" at the point where the human touches the divine and is transformed by it, in those simple, lovely, and entirely attainable blessings which we call home, friendship, pure humanity, love.

Can it be said, then, that Christian Science is too transcendental and beyond the demonstration of its simplest or humblest student? Surely not, for right within our daily orbit, nearest our heart, in our home, our friendships, our humanity, is where we need to see the Christ enshrined. It is by the transformation of just these familiar, daily things, under the touch of spiritual love, that the real Christian Scientist is known; and without this transformation Christian Science healing in its fullest sense cannot be experienced. For what is it that the weary, sinning, or sick instinctively long for, if not for home? Not necessarily the home of their childhood, nor just four walls, but a place whence strife has been excluded, wherein there is the peace of true relationships, where comfort and sympathy always abide, and where something of the infinite kindness of our Father-Mother God is dispensed. Such a home is ours when through demonstration or the "coincidence of the divine with the human" the warring elements of jealousy, selfishness, and ill humor are silenced, the blessing of friendship is purified by unselfishness, mutual consideration is brought out through punctuality and orderliness, and humanity such as Jesus showed makes all tasks light.

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