Editorial April 4, 1931 Issue

Calm Trust

Duncan Sinclair

Before we can trust anything we must have some guaranty of its trustworthiness. In business, when an article is sold it is usually guaranteed by the producer. He vouches for it; and having faith in his word the purchaser accepts his statement of its value. Faith in the honesty, uprightness, and goodness of others is thus a great necessity. As faith is established, we attain to a measure of calm trust which would not be possible were faith absent. Without faith in our fellow men, without the trustful spirit begotten of the knowledge of their integrity, we should be fretful and worried; and not until our faith in them was established would our calm be assured, that calm which means so much in human life.

To be able to place our confidence in our fellow men, because of their uprightness, is indeed valuable, but to have confidence in God far exceeds it in worth. And when a statement like this is made, various questions may arise. One, for instance, may reason within himself: My fellow men are known to me. I am frequently in touch with them; consequently, I know the trustworthiness of some and the unreliability of others, but of God I know little if anything. What is His nature, that I may trust Him? This is a question Christian Science invites, because it can answer it fully and correctly.

Christian Science teaches the truth about God, the absolute truth about God. Part of this truth is that He is omnipotent, omnipresent Love, infinite good. Is it possible to find anything higher in which to put out trust than infinite Love, infinite good? We need to ponder well this great revelation of the divine nature. Think of it: Omnipotent Love, omnipotent good, everywhere! And since Love and good are infinite, what of the seeming opposite of Love and good—evil? In reality it is nowhere, for it is unreal. It is the belief, the false belief, that the opposite of Love, of good, is real that prevents the development of full trust in God; and in the proportion that this erroneous belief is destroyed, is faith in Him established. Let us become convinced of God's infinite love and goodness, and as thoroughly convinced of evil's nothingness, and our faith in Him will be so established that nothing will be able to disturb it.

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