Article January 30, 1943 Issue

Two Yokes

ETHEL DANIELS HUBBARD

Two divergent ways of life are typified by the figure of the yoke, as used by Paul in the fifth chapter of Galatians, and by Christ Jesus in the eleventh chapter of Matthew. "Be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage," warns Paul; while Jesus urges with irresistible appeal, "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

Wearing the "yoke of bondage," we are joined to material thinking, stalled on the road of spiritual progress, thereby losing time and direction, and troubled with a sense of frustration and bewilderment. These are the bonds which fasten us to material belief and limitation. Taking upon us the yoke commended by our loved Way-shower, the yoke he wore so consistently and triumphantly, we experience not the false sense of ease which matter sometimes affords, but the unity, the poise and freedom which emanate directly from Spirit, God. We are bound to Him by the yoke of love, which cannot be strained or broken, misplaced or entangled. We are wearing the yoke of liberation, not slavery, and are thereby unhampered in our spiritual journey.

As earnest students of Christian Science we have accepted the yoke proffered by Christ Jesus, and it has become to us the means of consecration and obedience. Our thinking is being conformed to a new pattern, shaped by our growing spiritual understanding. Continually do we feel the pertinency of Paul's words, "Be not entangled again," preceded as they are by the admonition, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherwith Christ hath made us free." It is our paramount desire to perceive the truths of Christian Science with such clarity that we shall apply them rightly and spontaneously to the removal of the effects of materiality from our lives.

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