Article November 2, 1940 Issue

The Way of True Happiness

MAURICE MC C. CHURCH

In joy the Christian Scientist is proving in ever-increasing measure the powerlessness of discord to resist enlightened prayer. As recorded in the eleventh chapter of St. Mark's Gospel, Jesus declared, "Verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."

The light which Christian Science throws on Jesus' words shows the imperative need of an understanding of the nature and relationship of God and man, rather than a blind faith. Without the former it may well be impossible for one not to "doubt in his heart;" with it, discord disappears as one recognizes the omnipresence of divine Love and claims the abiding happiness and peace which inevitably accompany that recognition.

How, then, can this understanding be gained? The starting point and basis of demonstration in Christian Science is the true knowledge of God. When the seeker has, in a degree, apprehended the nature of God as the one infinite Mind, defined, in part, by Mary Baker Eddy as "the great I AM; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 587), and when he begins truly to realize that man in God's likeness is the idea of infinite Mind, reflecting God in all His qualities, complete, supported by His law, and surrounded by His love, he has started to ally himself to the power which no discordant conditions can resist.

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