Article November 13, 1937 Issue

Peace and War

NORTON WEBB

Peace and war are two subjects upon which it is important to think clearly.

Generally, war is associated with armed conflict over political, economic, financial, or social issues, between two or more nations or within a single nation. In the same way peace is associated with a cessation or absence of a declared state of war among nations and the consequent ability of peoples to pursue their daily rounds without the threat of a major discord, or conflict, hanging over them. It is within this view of the subject that most statesmen and governments plan and act to grapple with problems relating to peace and war.

In so far as these efforts are constructive and actually serve to promote a better state of society, they receive support and encouragement from Christian Scientists. From the Christian Science point of view all political, social, economic, and other conflicts need the ministration of the healing Christ for their solution, as do all other erroneous states of the human consciousness. In this spirit does Christian Science support any just and right government wherever it may be found, or any system of rightly framed treaties, agreements, covenants, or pacts whose signatories bind themselves to live up to their provisions.

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