Article May 25, 1940 Issue

"The armour of light"

JEAN WIGHTMAN

In these days of modern warfare, darkness has come to be thought of as a means of safety. Big cities, and indeed whole countrysides, are blacked out by night, in order that people may be kept safe from enemy attacks; and so, to many, complete darkness spells protection. But this kind of security is not that of which Paul writes when he says, "Let us put on the armour of light."

According to a dictionary, "armor" means an offensive or defensive weapon, any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle. The same dictionary defines "light" as the opposite of darkness, as mental or spiritual illumination or enlightenment.

Now, it seems clear that Paul's mode of protection is the direct opposite of the human, material means employed in these days, however necessary this material method may seem to be. We should have at all times the protection of spiritual illumination or enlightenment. What does this mean? Spiritual enlightenment deals with the things of Spirit, God. Through it we come to a conscious understanding of God and His creation, man.

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