Editorial September 26, 1936 Issue

"Avoid voicing error"

Duncan Sinclair

What a humble petition is that of the Psalmist given in the nineteenth Psalm: "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer"! Turning to God as his protector and the source of his strength, he prayed that his thoughts and his words might be in accord with the divine will. How wonderful that such a prayer should be uttered in an age when the nature of God was but imperfectly revealed to men! Yet, prayer very similar to it constantly continues to rise from the heart of every sincere Christian.

Christian Science makes known to mankind a great fact, namely, that evil is without real existence. God, it declares, is infinite good; therefore evil is unreal. As students of Christian Science understand this, they realize the folly of entertaining evil in their thought or of voicing error. For it is plain that whoever does so either does not realize that evil is unreal or is forgetful of the fact. Good alone is real, since God is good. Knowing this, the genuine student of Christian Science endeavors to live in accordance with his understanding, putting his whole weight on the side of good.

Although the Christian Scientist aims at expressing only good, although that is his prayerful effort, there may arise circumstances which make it necessary that he should make known some phase of error in order to expose the falsity of its claims. But should he do this, he is watchful lest he appear to give reality to the error. The sole purpose of voicing error should be to expose its erroneous nature, and by knowing its unreality overcome it, thus freeing its victim.

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