Article May 7, 1938 Issue

Our Armor

EMMA C. SHIPMAN

Who has not longed for an armor of protection from the evils of mortal existence, an armor so flawless that no fear or false belief can penetrate it?

The clarity of Mary Baker Eddy's teachings leaves one in no doubt as to the availability of such an armor. In perfect consonance with the lessons in Holy Writ she describes this armor, and spiritually illumines and reinforces the teachings of the Bible. She tells us how to put on the armor, and how to keep it bright and invincible. Also, she names the attacking foe and shows us how to meet its false claims to power.

In her Communion address to The Mother Church on June 4, 1899, Mrs. Eddy, referring to our armament, says (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 127): "Our is not costly as men count cost, but it is rich beyond price, staunch and indestructible on land or sea; it is not curtailed in peace, surrendered in conquest, nor laid down at the feet of progress through the hands of omnipotence. And why? Because it is 'on earth peace, good will toward men,'—a cover and a defence adapted to all men, all nations, all times, climes, and races." Peace and good will are indissolubly intertwined. We cannot have one without the other.

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