Article September 16, 1944 Issue

Our Heart's Temple

MATTIE-LOU HARRIMAN

Our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, sent the following commendatory message to a branch church at the time of its dedication (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 195): "The praiseworthy success of this church, and its united efforts to build an edifice in which to worship the infinite, sprang from the temples erected first in the hearts of its members—the unselfed love that builds without hands, eternal in the heaven of Spirit. God grant that this unity remain, and that you continue to build, rebuild, adorn, and fill these spiritual temples with grace, Truth, Life, and Love."

With these loving, yet arousing words in thought, let us look within our hearts and consider the temple we are erecting therein. On what is it founded? What is the quality of its walls, its adornment? With what is it filled? Many students of Christian Science have found that the work involved in building and dedicating branch church edifices has afforded them an excellent opportunity for this spiritual construction. Others, having become members of dedicated churches, need not let themselves be deprived of this inspiring and fruitful work.

Mrs. Eddy, in her divine revelation of Christian Science, has given us a clear and definite understanding that God is Love; that He is the one supreme, infinite Mind, the creator of all. Therefore, the foundation of our heart's temple must be laid on this great spiritual truth—the all-pervading supremacy of divine Love. The foundation itself is love, a deep reverence for God and Christ Jesus, devout love and appreciation of our Leader, for the great movement she established, and sincere gratitude for her revelation of God's true nature and man's relation to Him.

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