Article December 30, 1933 Issue

Democracy and Leadership

MABEL REED HYZER

Today there is much discussion of and searching for improved methods among the nations of the world. Progress is demanding higher and clearer thinking, which will lead to the solution of problems apparently greater than the world has ever known.

Christian Science is affording a very great opportunity to heal the multitudes, even as Jesus did. May not the solution of world problems also be included in his saying: "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do"? Democracy in its highest sense involves the correction of much evil that is abroad today in the experiences of individuals and nations. And Christian Science is presenting true democracy.

Mary Baker Eddy, the beloved Leader of Christian Science, understood true leadership; she lovingly and tenderly trod and showed the way to multitudes who are being healed and made happy through this leading. She was a true leader, because in her work for the Cause she loved her self-renunciation was complete, as is shown by the definite request she made of her followers (Message to The Mother Church for 1901, p. 34): "Follow your Leader only so far as she follows Christ."

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