Article May 11, 1940 Issue

Choosing "that good part"

JANET MC CORMICK-GOODHART

Mary Baker Eddy, the consecrated Leader of the Christian Science movement, in her Message to The Mother Church for 1900 writes (p. 2), "The right thinker works; he gives little time to society manners or matters, and benefits society by his example and usefulness."

To those who find it difficult to conform to seemingly pressing social customs and obligations and at the same time be conscientious in their endeavor to be worthy of the name Christian Scientist, these words should bring sweet release from one phase of bondage. Again, in "Miscellaneous Writings," Mrs. Eddy writes (p. 138), "The detail of conforming to society, in any way, costs you what it would to give time and attention to hygiene in your ministry and healing." With what joy, then, does the sincere student bend all his efforts to gain an understanding of God and the real man! With a free conscience he may forsake the wasteful filling of his days with frivolity. With gratitude for the precious examples of sincerity seen in the lives of Christ Jesus and of Mrs. Eddy, who followed the Master so closely, one may set forth to prove himself earnest and honest in the pursuit of the Christly way of living.

It is recorded in the New Testament that Christ Jesus once went to the home of the sisters Mary and Martha. Martha concerned herself with the matters incumbent upon a hostess who desired for her exalted guest the best possible fare. Mary, reaching out for the things of Spirit, sat gratefully and meekly at the feet of the Master, drinking in the truth. Martha complained to Jesus that her sister did not help her. Then came the Master's commendation of Mary's hunger for righteousness. He said, "Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

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