Article October 24, 1931 Issue

Giving Up "earth-weights"

ELLEN E. MACKIE

Mary Baker Eddy has written (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 328): "Whatever obstructs the way,—causing to stumble, fall, or faint, those mortals who are striving to enter the path,—divine Love will remove; and uplift the fallen and strengthen the weak. Therefore, give up thy earth-weights."

The beginner in Christian Science, who may have experienced a beautiful healing, is often conscious of great spiritual uplifting. He may, indeed, seem suddenly to have been transported to the very mountain top. The light flooding his consciousness gives him such a sense of joy and gratitude that his one desire is to tell everybody what Christian Science has done for him.

But however pleasant the spot in which we may find ourselves, there can be no standing still in Christian Science. The student soon finds himself called upon to prove the truth for himself, and this may be a testing time. As he presses onward, he may find the path becoming more and more difficult, his steps growing uncertain; and perhaps he becomes conscious of what seems to be a burden.

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