Article July 2, 1938 Issue

"Love's divine adventure"

DOROTHY DESMOND

"We live in an age of Love's divine adventure to be All-in-all," Mrs. Eddy writes in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany (p. 158). Herein the restless seeking of men finds promise of peace.

Mortals oftentimes consider forbidden fruit the most desirable. The ripe pear growing out of reach seems more attractive than one at hand. Children may prefer to climb through a window rather than to walk through an open door. Youth tends to seek excitement outside safe restrictions, and even maturity is not seldom befooled into looking covetously at its neighbor's less familiar possessions. Daring feats are other evidences of mortal mind's satisfaction with methods wherein there are risk and danger, but such accomplishments are too often accompanied by sorrow and regret to be proved truly attractive.

Where shall the human desire find true satisfaction? In the divine metaphysics taught by Christ Jesus and revealed in this age by Mary Baker Eddy in Christian Science. One in purpose and in acknowledging our Leader's unselfed endeavor to reveal the kingdom of heaven already at hand, students of Christian Science are making their daily lives a continual expression of true daring. She admonishes us in Miscellany (pp. 253, 254): "Dare to be faithful to God and man. Let the creature become one with his creator, and mysticism departs, heaven opens, right reigns, and you have begun to be a Christian Scientist." We begin the great ascent out of belief in matter by daring to be faithful to Spirit, Truth. And we continue our work in Love, the All-in-all, wearing the common badge of zeal for a most holy Cause.

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