Special attention has been drawn...

Guy Haldane Dempster

Egyptian Gazette

Guy Haldane Dempster, Committee on Publication for Egypt Egyptian Gazette, Cairo

Special attention has been drawn to Mary Baker Eddy's prophetic poem, written under the title, "The United States to Great Britain," in 1898, the last verse of which reads (Poems, p. 11):

"Brave Britain, blest America!
Unite your battle-plan;
Victorious, all who live it,—
The love for God and man."

The importance of practicing "the love for God and man" is emphasized by Christ Jesus in his words, "There is none other commandment greater than these." Paul writes in Romans, "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law;" while James says, "Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed."

When war and all other ills of humanity are understood to be the result of breaking "the perfect law of liberty," the remedy will be obvious, namely, obeying God's law. Suffering is forcing mankind to face the issue squarely, and in its dire need, as in its hour of ease, true prayer, or putting into practice right desire in conformance with God's law, is available for all to use. In the remarkable exposition of prayer with which she opens "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy says (p. 1), "The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love." Surely this prayer entirely conforms with Christ Jesus' requirements, and as such it is not surprising that it has been proved effective over and over again. Certainly it is free to all to practice, for "God is no respecter of persons."

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