Article May 17, 1941 Issue

Victory

JANET R. YOUNG

Victory! What a wealth of confidence and satisfaction that word conveys! All the world is seeking it in some form, but to attain it one must understand its true meaning. A dictionary defines it in part as, "Gain of superiority in any struggle."

Interpreted in the light of Christian Science, victory is the understanding of God's superiority, His all-power. The only struggle is the struggle with a belief in a so-called power called devil or evil. As soon as error is recognized as illusion, a false suggestion, unreal, the struggle is over and victory is won.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 446), "In the Science of Mind-healing, it is imperative to be honest, for victory rests on the side of immutable right." Here is an inspired statement as to where victory is to be found: on the side of right thinking and right acting. To think rightly means to think truthfully. To act rightly is to express unselfed service in daily tasks, doing that which is loving and kind. Striving for the advantages of human influence, for material wealth or personal glorification, is not acting rightly. It is only in the illusion of mortal belief that there appear to be two sides to a question, and Christian Science destroys this illusion through the understanding of man's true relationship to God. The Bible tells us that God is good, that all that He made is good, and that man is His image and likeness. Then man must be wholly good. He can know no evil; therefore he cannot take the side of evil. He knows only one side, the side of Love and Truth. His only desire is to glorify God in thought and action. Such desire is spiritual, therefore God-empowered, blessing all, injuring none; and it is always victorious.

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