Article March 14, 1936 Issue

No Activity Apart from Love

ALFRED MARSHALL VAUGHN

In the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians Paul points out that though one speaks well, has an insight into the future, has great understanding, much wisdom, great faith, and gives freely of his human wealth, but has not charity—that is, true love—he is nothing. Why is this so? Our beloved Leader writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 340): "Divine Love is infinite. Therefore all that really exists is in and of God, and manifests His love." We approximate real existence, then, in the proportion that we manifest God's love. We cannot manifest true intelligence or activity unless we are loving. Without some knowledge of the true idea of Love and demonstration, in part at least, of this true spiritual idea we can accomplish nothing substantially worth while.

The one who gives a piece of Christian Science literature to a friend or relative usually does so with a thought of love, that is, with the earnest desire that the one to whom he is giving the literature will understand and accept its message of Truth. In our organized work of distribution we can be animated by the same thought of love. We can know that each piece of literature goes out backed by the knowledge of divine Love's care for all, and therefore we can expect that its message will be understood and accepted. Thus we can bring our church literature distribution work into the realm of true activity.

Mrs. Eddy tells us that "love for God and man is the true incentive in both healing and teaching" (ibid., p. 454). All of us are not public practitioners or teachers of Christian Science, but each one has the opportunity to heal—that is, to see the unreality of all the error with which he comes into contact—and each one has opportunities to voice truth. Knowing that divine Love is the only healer and the only giver of true messages, and that man is the reflection of Love, we can do our part in the healing work and can "speak a word in season to him that is weary." Many of us are teachers in the Christian Science Sunday School. The realization and demonstration of the fact that Love is the divine Principle of man enables us to bring our part of this work into line with true activity.

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