Editorial November 19, 1932 Issue

God, the Giver of All Good

Duncan Sinclair

Christian Science is telling the world today in no uncertain terms that God, being infinite good, is the source of all the good which men enjoy. It is a wonderful doctrine this, because as it is understood it brings to mankind not only a great measure of hope, but also a realization of that hope. James was assured that God is the source of all good, for in the first chapter of his epistle he writes, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning"—knowledge which must have meant much to the apostle in keeping his faith steadfast amid the difficulties which he, in common with the other disciples of Jesus, had to encounter.

Many during the Christian era have realized in greater or less degree the fact of God's goodness. The Pilgrim Fathers are an example of this. It is unquestionable that their faith in the presence of God with them, in His power to sustain and protect them, in His unfailing goodness and love, enabled them in numerous instances to meet and rise superior to material conditions of a most trying nature. The same might be said of the American nation as a whole: the faith of its people, being firmly fixed throughout the years in God's goodness, has enabled it successfully to encounter many a storm. It would indeed be impossible to estimate what this faith has meant in securing for the nation the measure of protection it has enjoyed, protection which calls forth yearly its quota of grateful thanksgiving.

While Christian nations, because of their faith in God's goodness and obedience to His law, have enjoyed a rich measure of protection and happiness, it has to be admitted that a far greater measure of these would have been apparent had God been better known by them; for too often the faith of men has been placed in a God whose nature they did not clearly understand. Christian Science is changing this. Christian Science is bringing to mankind the truth that God is All-in-all, existing without an opposite; that He is infinite good, and that evil therefore has no real existence. It is teaching, further, that man is the image or reflection of God, and that consequently man is in the enjoyment of unlimited good. Here we have the absolute truth about God and the real man. What is the significance of this teaching to humanity? It means that in the degree men apply it, consciously affirming the truth that good is infinite and the possession of man by reflection, and denying evil in all its seeming forms, they in that degree demonstrate and enjoy good.

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