Article April 15, 1939 Issue

Harmony

[Written Especially for Young People]

J. SAUNDERS SCOTT

On page 304 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, we find the statement, "Harmony in man is as beautiful as in music, and discord is unnatural, unreal."

The young musician, if he would succeed, must have regular lessons on the instrument of his choice, and must put into practice what he has been taught. The young Christian Scientist also has regular lessons in the Christian Science Sunday School, and he too puts into practice what he has been taught. Soon he experiences the joy of having become familiar with definite rules which he can apply to difficult circumstances.

Mrs. Eddy tells us (Science and Health, p. 129), "If you wish to know the spiritual fact, you can discover it by reversing the material fable." When things seem to be discordant, therefore, we must refuse to admit the false evidence and keep our thought filled with the opposite truth until the discord disappears. In this way we can rejoice with the Psalmist, who sang: "Praise the Lord with harp. ... Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise." For is not this the way to bring out the harmony of life skillfully? Does not our joy in the truth cause us to sing "a new song"?

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