Article August 1, 1936 Issue

Nothingness of Evil

HELEN M. MULLIN

Christian Science is proving to mankind the utter nothingness of evil in all its forms. We should keep this carefully in thought while finding our way into the kingdom of heaven—that blessed way wherein Love satisfies the hungry heart with joy at every step. Evil has many presentments, and some may seem more real and more difficult of destruction than others; but we need not be dismayed if somewhere along the way the errors to be overcome look formidable, for when error is seen as unreal it is never formidable.

Progress, being spiritual, is the law of man's being, and every day should find the alert Christian Scientist with increased understanding of the spiritual facts of being. Thus he advances, with each day's efforts, to know God better as Principle, Love, and realizes better man's eternal unity with God. He knows that no evil can be present or have power, because divine Mind is all-presence and all-power.

Commensurate with his understanding of these truths will be the destruction of counterfeit material beliefs, which always disappear with the unfoldment of right ideas. The destruction of erroneous concepts must be preceded by the uncovering of their falsity, through the power of Truth, else they cannot be intelligently disposed of. The fact that one detects them means that one is ready to cope with them through spiritual understanding. When a child is promoted from the sixth grade to the seventh, this means that he is prepared to take up the problems of the more advanced work, and to enjoy the higher learning. The problems of the sixth grade are no longer difficult to him; and they never will be again, because of the higher understanding he has gained.

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