Article December 9, 1944 Issue

Integrity

OLIVE GILLIAM

Integrity is a quality of Mind, divine Principle. Without Principle there could be no integrity. Without integrity human thinking follows the limited patterns of self-seeking and sheer materialism.

To one who would always manifest integrity, then, it becomes important to understand the nature of Principle. Surely to seek this nature in the hypotheses of natural science is useless, since these are acknowledged to be unconcerned with moral values. But does this mean that ethical and theological truths must rest upon unsound scientific foundations? It is well for our times that Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has included Principle among the synonyms for God and thus made possible an intelligent approach to conduct and to religion.

Divine Principle includes the rule of perfection, and this rule is best discerned in the life and conduct of the master Christian, Christ Jesus. Through his example it can be taken hold of and seen to be ever operative in one's own experience. His spiritualized thought dissolved evil into its native nothingness. You and I can recognize, as did Jesus, the all-encompassing Love which rules the primal order of existence under divine Principle.

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