Article July 11, 1942 Issue

Stilling the Storm of Error

HAROLD C. LEWIS

In the eighth chapter of Matthew we are told that Jesus and his disciples were once in a small ship at sea when a violent storm arose. The ship was covered with the waves, and the disciples were in great fear. The Master was asleep, and they awoke him with the words, "Lord, save us: we perish." Chiding them for their fear and their lack of faith, Jesus rebuked the storm, "and there was a great calm."

"What manner of man is this," the men asked one another, "that even the winds and the sea obey him!" It might have been answered that Jesus demonstrated the Christ, Truth, which possesses dominion over all the earth. Later, when our Master was crucified—when the carnal mind marshaled its forces in a supreme effort to destroy the truth which was tormenting it—his resurrection and ascension proved that the Christ cannot be touched by any weapon that mortal mind would attempt to bring against it.

We who are endeavoring to govern our own affairs harmoniously, and those who are also in many instances taking part in the defense of our nation, would like to feel that we too are equal to every emergency that may confront us—that we are able to still the storm and reach port safely. There is comfort for us in the experience of Christ Jesus and his disciples. The stilling of the tempest resulted from the Master's understanding of God and his reliance on divine Mind. His words to his disciples indicated that had they possessed more faith, they too would have been superior to the tempest, would have been able to manifest that dominion which, according to the first chapter of Genesis, was bestowed upon man by his heavenly Father.

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