Article October 23, 1937 Issue

On Steadying the Ark

CLARA MILLER GEIGER

In the thirteenth chapter of I Chronicles it is recorded that when "the ark of God" was being moved, "the oxen stumbled," and Uzza "put his hand to the ark: and there he died."

It could not have been that his death was caused by his desire to be useful. We therefore may assume that he lacked trust in the government of God.

In early history it is quite evident that much materialism accompanied the people's worship of God. In this instance, "the ark of God" contained the tablets of stone on which the Ten Commandments were written. As we study the Bible references regarding the ark we see that the people were striving to worship God, but did not understand Him as divine Principle. How grateful we can be that, through the centuries, inspired writers have been gradually uplifting thought to a more spiritual standpoint! An understanding of this spiritual view can be gained by a study of the Glossary in our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. Herein (p. 581) she defines "ark" in part as "the understanding of Spirit, destroying belief in matter."

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