Editorial November 11, 1939 Issue

Perfect Poise

GEORGE SHAW COOK

AT the present, as well as at other times of turmoil, it is desirable that Christian Scientists should maintain their poise. It is imperative that they should not, in the midst of disturbing world conditions, be thrown off their mental balance. There is much being said and done that would have a decided tendency to disturb one's equilibrium if one were not on guard. Therefore, students of Christian Science should hold thought steadfastly to the harmonious facts of being in spite of the persistent efforts of evil to upset them.

The mental chemicalization which is taking place, partly, no doubt, as the result of the fuller appearing of Christ, Truth, in human consciousness, is bringing to the surface conditions which if not seen as unreal would, to say the least, seem appalling. The fear, hatred, distrust, deceit, aggression, and other kinds of destructive thinking would appear overwhelming if one were not able to see them as unreality. Christian Science is helping thousands to understand that however much evil may boast itself as power, and however persistent its claim to power may be, one may still, with understanding of the omnipotence and omnipresence of good, see evil as powerless and unreal. And Mary Baker Eddy, on page 569 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," says, "Every mortal at some period, here or hereafter, must grapple with and overcome the mortal belief in a power opposed to God."

To overcome the belief in "a power opposed to God" one must understand that God, good, is infinite. It is obvious that God, infinite good, being the only creative power, and being infallible intelligence, could not create, and has not created, a power opposed to itself. Therefore, no such power exists, and nothing that seems to exist as the manifestation of a supposititious evil cause has any actuality. It matters not how real evil may appear to be, or how long it may have seemed to continue, it still remains, as it always has been, an unreal condition of belief, utterly devoid of substance, presence, activity, intelligence, power, or authority.

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