Editorial August 9, 1941 Issue

"With one accord"

George Shaw Cook

In the second chapter of Acts it is stated, "When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place." Later, in the same chapter, it is written: "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.... Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls." Still farther on in this chapter, Luke records that these early Christians continued "with one accord in the temple.... And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved."

It would appear from his record that the large accessions to the membership of the primitive Christian church were due, at least in part, to the fact that those who had previously been converted to the teachings of Christ Jesus were of "one accord in one place." To be of "one accord" means, of course, to be of one mind, and is equivalent to recognition of the fact that there is in reality no other impulsion than that of the Mind "which was also in Christ Jesus."

Christian Science reveals God as the one infinite, omnipresent, omniactive, all-knowing Mind or divine intelligence. Christian Scientists are learning, and are in a considerable degree demonstrating, that the one Mind is the only governing power; and to the extent that they are proving this to be true they are found working together in harmony for the advancement of the movement which was founded by their beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. On page 279 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs. Eddy says, "We, to-day, in this class-room, are enough to convert the world if we are of one Mind; for then the whole world will feel the influence of this Mind."

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