Article June 17, 1939 Issue

"Hope thou in God"

[Original article in German]

ELFRIEDE LINDE-EBBINGHAUS

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me?" asks the Psalmist. These words indicate a condition of human thought that is certainly not unknown to men today. The suggestions of mortal mind seek to deceive and strive for recognition, as though they were true and real. The outward picture may present the appearance of sickness or weakness. The suggestion may appear as a difficult business situation, or lack of work. Or the trouble may be inharmonious family relationships, which cause sorrow. But since evil never has real power, we are only faced with unreality claiming to be real.

The most common weapon of the tempter is doubt in some guise, the attempt to shatter faith in God, good. But whoever has learned in Christian Science and has proved for himself that God is omnipotent, that He alone has power, and that only His law governs, knows that in God's kingdom all is perfect, harmonious, and healthy. He knows, furthermore, that divine law can never be made ineffective through anything that mortal thinking may devise. The unity of God and His ideas can never be disturbed, much less destroyed.

A realization of this, which we gain through Christian Science, shows us that true consciousness is an impregnable stronghold. It dispels fear. Lying beliefs may appear to use the most diverse and hidden modes of attack, but they are proved powerless as the Christian Scientist looks to divine Principle and trusts the operation of spiritual law. Should erroneous suggestions succeed in darkening our vision, the call to right activity will not be long in sounding.

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