Article August 6, 1932 Issue

[Written Especially for Young People]

Blessed Are the Righteous

HELEN AUDREY FRANKLIN

Christian Science teaches us how to prove the truth, taught throughout the Bible, that righteousness is always blessed.

Young people are sometimes tempted to be a little afraid of righteousness; they do not want to be thought too good. Is anyone, however, ashamed to claim knowledge of the fact that the earth is round, lest he be thought too scientific? Certainly not, for this fact is useful to those who accept it. Now, the truth that man, the real man, God's child, is righteous is also a very useful fact to everyone who accepts it. This reasoning should help to relieve one of a belief in righteousness as personal. Christian Science shows that righteousness is not a negative quality (it is error that is that), but is vigorous, dynamic, joy-giving, bringing with it its own protection and reward.

Jesus said, "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." Many people consider this last beatitude a very hard one; but when they learn through Christian Science its real meaning, they see it is not sad and gloomy, but full of joy. What is the blessing? Not persecution, but the kingdom of heaven. And what is blessed? Righteousness. This beatitude, then, states clearly that righteousness is rewarded, not punished. In other words, we do not have to suffer for being good and doing right, since every right motive and deed is blessed. Is not this a cause for rejoicing?

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