Editorial December 13, 1941 Issue

Sovereignty

Evelyn F. Heywood

The understanding of spiritual dominion as bestowed upon man according to the first chapter of Genesis dawns slowly upon human consciousness. Counterfeited throughout the centuries by mortal will manifest as domination, the symbol of sovereignty has been autocracy and conflict, rather than love and peace. The determination of men to obtain by human means, by sheer force, by subtlety, by persuasion, what it was never their right to obtain, the infringement or robbing of the sovereign rights of others, whether as individuals or as nations, has resulted in the ever-recurring evils of rebellion and suppression, of conquest and defeat.

In speaking of the revelation of Truth which Christ Jesus brought to humanity, Mary Baker Eddy writes on page 141 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures": "For this Principle there is no dynasty, no ecclesiastical monopoly. Its only crowned head is immortal sovereignty. Its only priest is the spiritualized man."

Not separate is the office of kingship and priesthood. As Mind's infinite, all-inclusive idea, man is no less the representative of kingship than he is of priesthood. In the fifth chapter of Revelation, it is related that when one had been found worthy to open the book and loose the seven seals, around the throne a new song was sung; for thou "hast made us unto our God kings and priests."

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