Editorial August 27, 1932 Issue

"The horn of my salvation"

Violet Ker Seymer

David speaks allegorically of "the horn of my salvation," symbolizing the power of salvation. As a musical instrument, the horn unquestionably challenges attention. Christian Science is the clarion call of the Christ, challenging the world's attention by its exalted teachings and their practical results in human experience. It points out the way of salvation and exposes the futility of attempting to heal human difficulties by material means. In every case a problem must be seen as a metaphysical, not a physical issue. The only absolutely true and scientific way to solve human problems, including the one known as disease, is to deal with them metaphysically, from a mental attitude above that of the problem.

The average individual is apt to accept most thoughts that come to him, without discrimination, and the result is often chaotic. Christian Science teaches one the secret of thought-censorship on the basis of the one infinite divine Mind, whose thoughts alone are real and beneficent.

When a man lying on a couch was brought to him, Jesus said to the scribes who were present, "Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?" Incidentally, the Master here pointed out the ease with which the truth about God and man can destroy the mortal beliefs of sin and disease and bring those laid low to their feet, morally and physically. The man was told to rise and walk. To his hearing ear came the sound of the horn of salvation. The rising demanded of him included a mental rising, else it could not have resulted in his physical rising. The same demand holds good today in the practice of Christian Science. We are bidden to rise above erroneous concepts and obey the dictates of Truth if we would enjoy its freedom. It is impossible to achieve success in Christian Science while disregarding the voice of conscience, and it is equally impossible to fail while obeying each call to go up higher in thought and deed.

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