Article June 2, 1934 Issue

"Provoke unto love"

ARLENE WEATHERSBEE

In the book of Hebrews we read, "Consider one another to provoke unto love." This amounts to an injunction to do everything possible to help one another to practice true Christianity and to do nothing to hinder one another's spiritual advancement.

We might say that the whole practice of Christian Science is based on love for God and for one another. Are not all who apply its teaching constantly considering others and provoking unto love? This love is by no means a passive quality; it calls for constant watchfulness, that one may say or do nothing by word or deed that would put a stumbling-block in the way of another.

Mrs. Eddy says in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 258): "Nothing is worthy the name of religion save one lowly offering—love." What selfless love she must have possessed to have continued to labor in the face of persecution and injustice such as she endured, in order to give her discovery of Christian Science to the world! We should show our gratitude for the example of her love for all mankind by expressing this love to others. Only in proportion to our love for others are we fulfilling the command, "Provoke unto love." The spiritual interpretation of one petition of the Lord's Prayer given by Mrs. Eddy reads, "Love is reflected in love" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 17).

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