Editorial January 31, 1931 Issue

True Strife

Violet Ker Seymer

On page 154 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs. Eddy writes, "Strive for self-abnegation, justice, meekness, mercy, purity, love." Self-abnegation as understood in Christian Science means more than the improvement of a mortal. It involves renunciation of the mortal concept of man through the joyful adoption of God's gift of perfection to His likeness. In other words, from the mortal standpoint, self-abnegation means the new birth. Therefore self-abnegation is always to be regarded as a glad quality, fraught with gain. Through true striving and attainment, the false sense of material strife is stilled and spiritual peace glows in the purged heart.

What stands in the way of this renunciation of faulty concepts? Self-justification, tradition, mental gloom, faith in death, and many other veils which Christian Science lifts, in order that we may find ourselves face to face with the undimmed radiance of true manhood.

Justice, another quality for which we are bidden to strive, is expressed throughout God's creation, for it is one of His attributes. In their ignorance of this fact mortals believe in injustice, and see all around them the objectification of this belief. The remedy for such blindness and its consequences is found in Christian Science, whereby it is discovered that the divine Principle, Love, imparts good and good alone, and imparts it without partiality. Christ Jesus said, "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment." His judgment, then, and his sense of justice released the victims of evil. Christian Science echoes his teaching and repeats his ministry.

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