Editorial October 25, 1941 Issue

"Thy kingdom come"

Alfred Pittman

Among mankind in general, Christian Science is still known chiefly, no doubt, for its healing of the sick; and its achievements in that field are more and more widely acknowledged. Christian Scientists, however, have seen hardly less of its effectiveness in other directions—in overcoming lack and limitation, discord, and distresses of every other sort. They have seen such results, moreover, not only for individuals, but for groups, sometimes very large groups. And they perceive that the essential procedure which has produced these effects is, by its nature, not less capable of accomplishing the improvements in government which are so urgently needed in the world today. It can bring as great blessings to those who are governing, and those who are governed, as it has brought to the sick.

What is this procedure? And how is it to be used, especially in relation to government?

Mary Baker Eddy writes in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 476, 477): "Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick." Here Mrs. Eddy has indicated the scientific procedure for healing not only sickness but every other evil condition. Always the trouble is a false concept of being, for in Truth, in divine and actual reality, there is no evil, no trouble; and always the true concept, entertained in place of the false, disposes of the trouble. Thus if a mistaken concept of government and its apparent consequences for mankind are to be cleared away, it is not human will nor human ingenuity, but the true concept of government, that must do it.

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