Article February 11, 1939 Issue

Have You Faith?

EDITH BAILEY

One of the outstanding characteristics of our Leader was the grandeur of her unwavering faith. When the subtle machinations of mortal mind attempted to obstruct her pathway and hinder her work, she understood so clearly that God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and that evil, consequently, is unreal, that her pure, glistening spiritual faith was never dimmed.

In spiritualized thinking, doubt cannot find a lurking place. Mary Baker Eddy's love for God, her faith in His divine power, and her understanding of His law, which she so fully possessed, were exemplified in her daily activity. In the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," we have her statement (p. 368), "When we come to have more faith in the truth of being than we have in error, more faith in Spirit than in matter, more faith in living than in dying, more faith in God than in man, then no material suppositions can prevent us from healing the sick and destroying error."

Something of the same faith and love and understanding exemplified by our Leader is manifested by the earnest workers in the Christian Science movement. However stupendous the undertakings, however great the resistance of mortal mind, however persistently animal magnetism may attempt to frustrate the advancement of good, their serene, positive faith in God's infinite love is actively present. Inspired by the spiritual understanding of the supremacy of good and the ultimate outcome of righteous endeavor, they are alert, watching, working, and praying for the Cause of Christ, which moves majestically forward.

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