Article March 20, 1943 Issue

The Unerring Direction of God

[Of Special Interest to Youth]

THEODORE N. COOK

AT a time like the present, when, according to material evidence, the future is uncertain and familiar landmarks are almost daily swept away, young people are sometimes tempted to accept the mortal mind cry that youth has been trapped by world events, and as a result is helpless before unyielding laws or unstable economic and social conditions. Young men and women who are active Christian Scientists, however, are refuting this false testimony of the lying serpent, because they see the basic falsity and groundlessness of the arguments.

One of the most persistent of error's claims is the illusion that man can be separated from God; that his harmonious coexistence with the Father can be interrupted. This suggestion sometimes presents itself to men in the armed services by insinuating that they have been misplaced, or forced to do work for which they are not suited; it presents itself to young people of college age, saying that they are unable to determine whether they belong in college or in active defense work. The maze of conflicting mortal arguments is readily cleared away when the problem is raised above merely material reasoning to the realm of Spirit.

In Christian Science we learn that one of the first steps in the destruction of a false claim is the confident declaration of the direct opposite of whatever mortal mind is attempting to voice. By making a forceful statement of Truth about the situation, we establish in consciousness a firm foundation from which to proceed in the search for the right answer. Thus by our statement, and our subsequent trust, that the real man is the image and likeness of God, and that he coexists with Him, we come to realize that man, as God's idea, can never find himself in a situation where the loving guidance and protection of God are not always instantaneously available, and that this relationship is timeless, unalterable by current events. The indestructible nature of this relationship is forcefully presented to us by Mary Baker Eddy in these words (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 336): "God, the divine Principle of man, and man in God'slikeness are inseparable, harmonious, and eternal." In the same paragraph she follows the declaration of this vital truth with the statement that "God and man are not the same, but in the order of divine Science, God and man co-exist and are eternal." What more could we possibly ask than to be at one with our omnipotent God, the infinite source of all life, truth, and love? What better and safer place can there be than in God? How presumptuous it is for us to believe for one moment that anything can disrupt this everlasting heritage!

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