Editorial March 3, 1945 Issue

Rising into Rest

Margaret Morrison

The pace of human living seems ever to be accelerated, and one finds little rest among people. Innumerable are the time saving devices that have been invented by the human mind, and yet men seem to have less time than ever before. This restless sense of living leaves little leisure for the enjoyment of Life itself—its deep and lasting pleasures, its rich spiritual treasures and truly fruitful activities. One woman was heard to say that her day was so full of hurrying to get things done that when she retired she felt she had to hurry to go to sleep.

Where can rest be found in the midst of the multifarious duties, distractions, and pleasures that make their demands upon one's thought and attention? How can one find a rest that is peaceful but not stagnant, that refreshes but does not stupefy, that invigorates but does not confuse?

Christ Jesus said, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." The nature of this rest promised and experienced by Jesus is indicated by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, in her book, "No and Yes." On page 36 she speaks of "the real Christ" as "unconscious of matter" and says, "Hence the human Jesus had a resort to his higher self and relation to the Father, and there could find rest from unreal trials in the conscious reality and royalty of his being,—holding the mortal as unreal, and the divine as real." Here is the secret of all true rest— "holding the mortal as unreal, and the divine as real." And this is the privilege of each individual. He may rise into the "reality and royalty of his being," and find rest—rest in the certitude of divine Principle.

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