Article February 12, 1938 Issue

The Right Standpoint

MARGARET V. HEYWOOD

One of the outstanding traits in Jesus' character was his sureness of himself, and of his capacity to do all that was required of him. When called on to come and heal those that were ill or troubled, he did not say, I will do my best to cure him; or, I will come and see if I can be of any help. He spoke with authority and dealt with the difficulty at once. He made statements like these: "I will come and heal him;" "Go thy way; thy son liveth," thus demonstrating the truth of his words, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." The reason for his assurance is not far to seek. It is summed up in his brief sentence, "I and my Father are one." His relationship to God, and his understanding of his spiritual selfhood as the Son of God, enabled him also to declare, "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."

Jesus did not claim the fatherhood of God for himself alone. He spoke constantly of "my Father," but he also spoke of "my Father, and your Father." He claimed for all that which he was proving for himself—man's inheritance of spiritual perfection and power as the son of God. He told his followers that those who believed on him should do the works he did, and even greater works. Surely he could not have said this unless all had inherited the capacity to understand the divine character and nature of God as he had himself. The works that Jesus did, bore witness to the truth. They were not the works of a mortal; they were the works of God made manifest through the Christ, the Son of God.

In the last century Mary Baker Eddy discovered the Science of Christianity, naming her discovery Christian Science. This Science reveals the truth about God and man in God's likeness. It was practiced by Jesus in all his works; but he said to his disciples that he had many things to say to them, but that they could not yet bear them. The knowledge that evil or error is unreal—because not made by God—that it is an illusion of the material senses or the carnal mind, has been made plain in Christian Science, and Christian Scientists are learning to prove this today in their solving of human problems. In the textbook (p. 450) we read, "The Christian Scientist has enlisted to lessen evil, disease, and death; and he will overcome them by understanding their nothingness and the allness of God, or good."

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