Article May 10, 1941 Issue

Choosing Whom We Serve

JANE POLSON SPEARIN

JOSHUA, Moses' successor, exhorted the children of Israel, who had been delivered from their enemies, to be faithful to God. He desired that they should renew their allegiance to the God of Israel, who had brought them over Jordan into the promised land. He said to them, "If it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve;" and announcing his own loyalty, he added, "but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." So the people agreed to serve the Lord, and Joshua made a covenant with them and set up a stone which, he said, "shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God."

Evidently Joshua saw that the people must decide for themselves in this matter, for, after putting before them the good that had come to them, and reminding them of the evils from which they had escaped through their service to God, he counseled them to choose for themselves.

Today, Christian Science is leading mankind into a new promised land, the land of spiritual understanding, which is at hand for every seeker of God to find. The individual may believe that what he does or does not do concerns no one but himself; but each one is a part of the whole. Therefore, the student of Christian Science is responsible for his steadfastness to Principle and his demonstration of it for himself and in this measure for all mankind.

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