A Christian Science program was broadcast from Station WEAF, New York City, on Sunday, May 2. It was given under the auspices of the Committee on Publication for the State of New York with the approval of The Christian Science Board of Directors.

The program opened with Hymn No. 351 in the Christian Science Hymnal, sung by the "Symphonic Four," assisted by a staff organist. Mr. Elroy C. Robertson read the following address:

The Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, expressed reverence for God and love for his fellow man when he wrote:

All will agree that a united world is in the making. Day by day, developments are taking place which bring the nations of the earth in closer contact, and a unity of interests and a better acquaintance with each other are drawing us nearer to the time when the brotherhood of man will be more fully recognized. Greater appreciation of our fellow men will be established so that all may say, in the words of the Psalmist, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! "

Relatives, friends, acquaintances, all enlisting for the cause of righteousness, are being dispersed to far-off Australia, China, India. Africa, and England, as well as in this hemisphere. In ever-increasing numbers, sojourning among strangers in strange lands, traveling over every continent, our soldiers will acquire a broader concept of the world and its peoples. No longer will their thinking be provincial: because of the expansion of their experience, their thinking will be global.

Universal thinking means that at last all mankind is being embraced in individual thinking. No longer may we include just our family, our intimate friends, or our neighborhood in our thoughts. Those we do not know, yes even those we call our enemies, must also be included. This all-inclusive thinking inevitably leads to the contemplation of world unity, or a world which is one in its desire to manifest peace, good will on earth, for peace, having been absent for some time, will find a sincere welcome and a greater appreciation on its return. Therefore a united world—that is, a world governed by the one great intelligence or Mind—could not contain both friends and enemies, because all would be the children of the loving Father.

The mere contemplation of world unity is not enough. This unity must become an accomplished fact. Centuries ago the way of achieving unity was set forth for all time by the master Christian, Jesus of Nazareth. He said: "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully fully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."

What a practical example of love Christ Jesus gives us in this illustration of the blessings of sunshine and rain! The sun shines impartially on every part of the globe, making beauty and warmth available to all alike. It does not differentiate between races and creeds, or languages and customs. It knows nothing about enemies. Even so, divine Love shines in the hearts of men.

Keeping one's consciousness filled with good, excluding all thoughts of envy, jealousy, hatred, and revenge, is an individual matter. It means claiming oneness or unity with God. The Apostle John says that "God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." Individual acknowledgment of this great truth is the first step toward world unity. The next and great step is to put it into practice by striving to let Love govern our every thought and deed. Only in this way will enemies vanish from our experience, and the true brotherhood of man be established.

Speaking of His people and their work together, God said (Isaiah 41:6. 7): "They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil."

How quickly would the suffering and tumult of war disappear from the face of our globe if mankind could but learn the lesson of completeness. It is because of the fear governing the individuals who go to make up the nations of the earth that wars are born, and these fears are the result of ignorance of God's love and presence and power, which are ever available for those who seek His guidance, government, and direction.

One readily discerns that if the individual nations realized that an all-powerful, good creator is responsible for a perfect universe, that His creation is flawless, the result of infinite intelligence, and is now complete, they would seek a greater knowledge of God and strive more earnestly to obey His laws. They would become aware of the true universe, which we all hope to see realized.

In our time a great woman, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has very succinctly summed up the whole matter. In the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 571), she says: "At all times and under all circumstances, overcome evil with good. Know thyself, and God will supply the wisdom and the occasion for a victory over evil. Clad in the panoply of Love, human hatred cannot reach you. The cement of a higher humanity will unite all interests in the one divinity."