Article March 13, 1937 Issue

The Right Thinker

GRACE JANE NOEE

Whether it is recognized or not, it is a fact that deep in the heart of mankind is the desire to know and do God's will. Very soon the sincere and active student of Christian Science realizes that for him the days of complete ignorance of God and of apathetic submission to self-love, self-will, self-indulgence, fear, sin, and wrong thinking are over. He begins to realize the value and importance of thinking rightly about everything. He strives to become a right thinker, such as the one of whom Mrs. Eddy writes in her Message to The Mother Church for 1900 (p. 2), "The right thinker works." He becomes more simple and honest in his speech and actions. He does not appeal to mortal sentiments or emotions, but through continued consecrated study of the Bible and of Science and Health, the Manual, and our Leader's other works, learns to be a right thinker.

As he learns to know God as divine Mind—the source of true knowledge and real intelligence—his study of Christian Science becomes a vital and happy process of identifying himself with the likeness of divine Mind. He prays that he may show forth the love and purity of that Mind "which was also in Christ Jesus;" and so he finds life to be a very much happier experience than formerly.

Mortal mind, advancing many theories as to the cause of present-day world conditions, eager and willing to fasten the blame on anything or anybody, finds no response from the right thinker. He does not believe that God ever made evil times. He does not lend his thoughts or his voice to perpetuate the belief in a lie; he does not take it in. He has no faith in evil. His faith is in God, good, and so he is secure in the assurance and conviction that since Christian Science is demonstrable truth, it provides a right solution for every problem. He endeavors to face every situation calmly, and to see it for what it is.

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