Article November 11, 1939 Issue

"Peace, be still"

MARY P. GRANT

A STORY familiar to all Bible students tells of a severe storm which arose on the Sea of Galilee and threatened the destruction of the boat in which Jesus lay asleep. His disciples, struck by fear, called on their Master to save them, whereupon, as we are told in Mark's Gospel, "he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm." This manifestation of power was long regarded by many as supernatural, but those who are striving, in the light of Christian Science, to do the works of their Master see in the incident an example which they are bound to endeavor to follow. Surely never in the history of the world has there been greater need than in the present time for the authoritative command, "Peace, be still," that the tumult and tempest of mortal mind may be stilled.

On page 421 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy instructs Christian Scientists how to deal with "the mental disturbance" which may occur in their treatment of disease. She writes, in part, "Insist vehemently on the great fact which covers the whole ground, that God, Spirit, is all, and that there is none beside Him." And she adds, "Calm the excitement sometimes induced by chemicalization, which is the alterative effect produced by Truth upon error."

Truth has come to this age with a fullness and clarity never before manifested since the time of Christ Jesus, and it is destroying error as it always destroys what is false, when it is understood and rightly applied. In this work of destroying error, much that was latent in human thought—despotism, malice, dishonesty, hatred, greed, fear, and so forth—has been stirred. The result is that a mental fermentation greater than has previously been experienced by the human race is taking place and threatening to overwhelm the world, even as the waves of the Galilean Sea threatened to overwhelm the frail bark in which were the fearful disciples with their Master. Now, an important part of the work of Christian Scientists is to help "calm the excitement." To do this effectively, certain mental steps have to be taken.

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