Editorial December 22, 1945 Issue

The Morning Star

Margaret Morrison

In the symbolism of the human mind the star has held a first place as heralding the birth of those destined to play a great part in human history. Most noteworthy and permanent in the thoughts and hearts of men has been the star of Bethlehem, by which the "wise men" were guided to the birthplace of Jesus. We are told that everywhere throughout the East at that time men were looking for "the advent of a great King who was to rise from among the Jews." This expectancy was probably fostered by the Jews themselves, dispersed among the nations and telling of their hope of the promised Redeemer. These "wise men" who studied the heavens were less inclined to idolatry than other peoples, many of them worshiping light as the clearest symbol of God, so they were more ready to see and follow the star.

In Revelation we read: "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star." Jesus thus represented the fulfillment of all the hopes of Israel, the promised Messiah, through whom they were to be redeemed from evil, but he was "despised and rejected of men." "He came unto his own, and his own received him not." The eyes of the many were closed, and they saw only the man Jesus, who troubled their material senses, and whom they crucified. They failed to see the star of spiritual being, the Christ or Messiah, which Jesus represented, and which enabled him to arise from the grave of their crucifixion.

On page 320 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes: "The star of Bethlehem is the star of Boston, high in the zenith of Truth's domain, that looketh down on the long night of human beliefs, to pierce the darkness and melt into dawn." The "star of Boston" is not a star of material sense heralding a personal birth, but it is the morning star of Christian Science revealing the truth of being, the reality of God and man held as one in spiritual harmony, uninterrupted since "the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy."

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