Article June 2, 1945 Issue

Our Dwelling Place

ALBERT M. CHENEY

One of the most loved words in any language is "home."

Webster defines the word "home," in part, as "a place of refuge and rest." No greater place of refuge, no safer place for rest, no more securely protected abiding place exists than the spiritual consciousness of man's eternal at-one-ment with God. The Psalmist declared (Ps. 90:1), "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations." The understanding of Christian Science and the scientific utilization of its teachings in daily life are the means whereby any student may become aware of the true nature of God and of man's coexistence with Him. St. Paul clearly understood and, by his works as well as his words, proved that man lives in God.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has written in her book "Pulpit and Press" a statement which is most helpful to all who desire to know the exact nature of man's dwelling place. On page 2 we read, "The real house in which 'we live, and move, and have our being' is Spirit, God, the eternal harmony of infinite Soul." Because man lives in God, and God is the only Life, man cannot die; because man moves in God, and God is all action, man cannot be deprived of harmonious action; because man has no being apart from God, and God is Supreme Being, man's being is perfect, spiritual, and eternal.

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