Article June 3, 1933 Issue

Loyalty

[Written Especially for Young People]

MARTHA MAY SMITH

What deep and stirring thoughts are awakened in students in school and college by the word "loyalty"! Loyalty to their Alma Mater, to the fine traditions of an institution, to the colors which long have stood for fair play and unflagging effort! Students are usually enthusiastic and indefatigable in loyalty to their various teams, and players willingly sacrifice many hours of leisure and recreation that they may bring honor to the school. What a strong word is "loyalty"! How it calls forth our best efforts in thought and action!

Young Christian Scientists are hearing and heeding this clarion call for loyalty to the high ideals of their religion in its relation to every detail of daily experience. With joy they are pressing forward to win spiritual victories through their understanding of the truth, and gladly acknowledging as their great example Christ Jesus, whose loyalty to God, good, never faltered in the face of any temptation.

"Divine Mind rightly demands man's entire obedience, affection, and strength. No reservation is made for any lesser loyalty." So writes Mrs. Eddy on page 183 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," her words stressing for all the value of this stanch quality through which one may rise to resist every suggestion of evil. All our "obedience, affection, and strength," then, belong to Mind. One who is wholly loyal to the teachings of Christian Science will obey the sacred word of the Bible in the light of this revelation, will love good supremely on all occasions, never bartering it for a lesser or false allegiance, and will devote all his mental energy to forwarding the glorious onward march of Truth.

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