Editorial May 15, 1943 Issue

In the Way of Understanding Is Liberty

Peter V. Ross

How far away is reality with its safety and satisfaction? Only the distance that lies between unillumined and spiritually illumined understanding. Mary Baker Eddy saw that this reality is at hand and that it will bless mankind. She saw too how readily all may know and share its harmony, for says she:

"May the divine light of Christian Science that lighteth every enlightened thought illumine your faith and understanding, exclude all darkness or doubt, and signal the perfect path wherein to walk, the perfect Principle whereby to demonstrate the perfect man and the perfect law of God" (The First Church of Christ. Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 187).

So as men and nations accept the teachings of Christian Science, the human mind begins to part with its limitations. Then do individuals commence to recognize the universe more nearly as it is, and to envisage the health, abundance, and opportunity which are the legitimate birthright of man. Thereby do men and women gain glimpses of that ultimate perfection which characterizes reality; for it would be a bold and mistaken man who would argue that God's creation falls short of perfection.

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