Editorial February 11, 1939 Issue

"The sustaining infinite"

Duncan Sinclair

"To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings." In these words Mary Baker Eddy begins the Preface to her great work, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. vii). How often, as they have been read, have they served to kindle hope! How often have they caused the sick, the sinning, the downtrodden, the sorrowful, to turn in thought to God—"the sustaining infinite"—with expectations of spiritual blessings! And in countless instances, through the study of the Christian Science textbook, these blessings have been realized in better health and purer lives.

How does one lean on "the sustaining infinite"? How can mortals depend on God for support when they may believe He is far remote from them? This is what many have questioned, and still question. No one who regards Deity in this way can be assured of succor from Him. The paramount necessity, then, is to understand His nature and that of the real man, and the relationship between them. For as this understanding is gained, one is enabled to lean on "the sustaining infinite"; and the blessings follow.

Christian Science teaches that God is the one and only cause. It teaches also that He is infinite Mind, and that He is expressed by man, His image, likeness, or reflection. God is thus cause, and man effect; and the real man is our true selfhood. This relationship between God and the real man has always existed, and will always exist. We lean on God intelligently when we become cognizant of the coexistence of God and man, and of the indissoluble nature of this relationship.

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