Article April 11, 1936 Issue

The Singing Heart

MAYSIE GARRATT

THE story is told of a joyous pilgrim who went long ago on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In his heart was rejoicing, and as he toiled along the none too easy way he was ever singing songs of praise to God. Other pilgrims journeying the same way were glad to find themselves in the company of this blithe traveler. How their eyes brightened, and how their steps quickened, when they heard his voice raised in song and thanksgiving! How they were heartened for the long, rough journey! How much less difficult seemed the way!

But there came a day when he of the singing heart fell int0 the hands of evil ones who lay in wait for those who were on their way to the Holy Land. He was cast into a dungeon and was bound with chains. Undisturbed, he continued his songs of praise. "My desire in journeying to the Holy Land," cried he, "is to glorify God; but here too can I sing His praise." Glad and free rang out his songs. His captors were first amazed and then delighted. They gathered near his dungeon that they might hear his cheery voice. Then they brought him forth and kept him in their midst because of the joy and happiness they had in his presence. Finally, not only did they release him, but some of their number, persuaded by his joy in God, accompanied him on his way to the Holy Land.

How like the journey of the pilgrim to the Holy Land is the journey of the Christian Scientist to the holy land of perfect spiritual consciousness, the realm of the real, where harmony reigns and God is found to be All-in-all! Like the pilgrim, we too start on our way praising God. But do we, like the pilgrim, continue to glorify Him when error seems to overtake us? Do we not sometimes think of a problem as the dungeon of despair instead of as an incentive to continue our songs of praise to God?

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