Editorial February 10, 1940 Issue

"Thy throne is established"

George Shaw Cook

When he wrote, "The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty," and continued, "Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting," the Psalmist acknowledged the supremacy, power, and eternality of God. When he declared, "The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us," the prophet Isaiah not only emphasized God's supremacy as the only governing power, but he also revealed God as the source of divine law and of righteous judgment. Throughout the Scriptures, in both the Old and the New Testament, are passages acknowledging the supremacy of God and glorifying His majesty and omnipotence.

Christian Science teaches that God is infinite divine Mind, and shows this Mind to be the one creative and governing Principle. It acknowledges Mind, Spirit, God, as supreme, and enthrones Him as the ruler and preserver of the spiritual universe, including individual man. By revealing God as divine Mind, Christian Science turns the thought of its students away from the false theological belief that God is a magnified personal ruler, sitting upon a mythical throne in a far-off heaven. It explains that since God is Mind, the only place where He can be enthroned is in consciousness. And Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 266), "Perfect and infinite Mind enthroned is heaven."

Christian Science teaches that heaven is harmony, and that in the spiritual universe, the only real universe, where divine Principle is supreme, harmony is absolute and inviolable. Therefore, in the realm of Spirit, divine intelligence, there is no discord of any kind. And the only place where heaven, harmony, the rule of divine Love, exists is in spiritual consciousness, that which reflects or expresses the divine nature.

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