Article December 12, 1936 Issue

Armor

WILLIAM HALE COOMBER

To feel secure at all times and in all circumstances is the earnest desire of individuals and nations. Individuals desire to be secure from all evil, whether in the form of sin, disease, accident, or death. And with security as their objective, nations and their governments, not understanding the unreality of evil and the allness and supremacy of divine Principle, Love, pile up armaments for their protection in the form of navies, armies, and air forces.

It is true that in May, 1908, in speaking of naval armaments, Mary Baker Eddy wrote (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 286), "It is unquestionable, however, that at this hour the armament of navies is necessary, for the purpose of preventing war and preserving peace among nations." Those words were written twenty-eight years ago, and our Leader said specifically "this hour." It is, therefore, not unreasonable to assume that a lessening of armaments might have been expected as the years passed and the moral consciousness of humanity advanced to a higher plane. Today, in spite of a growth in the size of armaments of a number of nations during the past few years, there is a great and deep desire among the people of all nations for peace, and for solutions of national and international disputes by means other than that of war.

Jeremiah wrote these words: "Is there no balm in Gilead?" Is there no relief, no way out, no adequate method of defending oneself against the seeming attacks of the seeming foe? Indeed there is, and the way out is to be found in Christian Science, the Christianly scientific method discovered by Mrs. Eddy. One's safety and protection, one's armor against evil and error of whatever nature, lie in the practical recognition and understanding of the omnipresence, omnipotence, and omniscience of God, infinite Life, Truth, and Love, the one divine Mind, and in the constant application of this knowledge.

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