Article February 10, 1934 Issue

Stand!

HENRY G. FOOTE

A young civil engineer, after a season of unemployment, was given the privilege of entering into a competitive test with a group of men of similar qualifications, and in due time he was informed that he had been selected for an important position. He learned that he had been chosen because of a reputation for thoroughness and dependability; and he was told that in the work before him he would be expected to attain certain results within a given time. Because he had hitherto been found dependable, he had been given this further opportunity to demonstrate that the confidence placed in his work had not been misdirected. In this experience the engineer learned that a thorough technical knowledge of his profession, important though that might be, did not constitute all the requirements of his task, and that in this, as well as in every line of work, there is a demand for the services of reliable, dependable workers.

In the understanding and demonstration of Christian Science, this element of certainty and security is developed. To take a firm stand for our highest sense of what is right and to be able to overcome material resistance of any kind require that our mental footing be secure. Certainty and security are not realized if the foundation whereon we stand is as quicksand. The Christian Scientist knows the spiritual basis whereon he stands. In Truth he has a firm foundation.

The engineer had proved this conclusively, demonstrating that he could safely rely upon divine Principle, Mind, which governs all. As a student of and worker in those branches of human knowledge termed material science, he had acquired an understanding of certain fundamental facts which were believed to govern every step in the practice of his profession. As a student of Christian Science, he had attained to a higher understanding and worked according to the rules of divine Science, the Science of which there is one divine Principle. He worked according to the Science of Mind or Truth. He realized that Mind is ever present; and as he worked he strove to be always conscious of the fact that he was being governed by Principle, the one Mind, and also that in the task before him every element entering into his work which reflected reality was likewise governed by Mind. Hence, the progress of his work was certain to be harmonious.

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