Article January 8, 1938 Issue

Undisturbed

THEODORE WALLACH

Implanted deep in every human heart is the desire for peace. Not, to be sure, a longing for that mere cessation of activity which is stagnation, but the genuine hungering for an unbroken orderliness of daily living which is the expression of consistently harmonious thinking.

Today, more perhaps than in any previous period of history, world events of a disturbing nature are constantly forced upon one's attention. The radio, newspaper headlines, and newsreels all seem to combine in an attempt to compel one to accept as real the "wars and rumours of wars," the frequent sad results of political upheavals, and the persistency of "man's inhumanity to man."

Because of a quickened love for his brother man, the Christian Scientist should be keenly interested in national and international affairs. Nevertheless, the student of this Science of Mind must be watchful that he allows no overanxious concern for the welfare of others to confuse him. The need to handle error takes on added significance in view of the fact that many cases of disturbed mental and physical conditions are traceable to one's accepting, or at least not protecting oneself against, the disturbed thought of the world. It should not be difficult to see that one cannot habitually indulge in anxious, troubled, or resentful thinking without finding just such turmoil expressed in some respect in one's daily living. "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he," says the wise Solomon.

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