Article July 21, 1945 Issue

Turning the Tables on Ridicule

LINDEN E. JONES

"Now that you are housed in a small tent with five other servicemen, how do you manage about reading your Lesson?" The Christian Science Wartime Minister looked sympathetically at his companion.

"At first there was much ridicule hurled at me. However, I met it with a smile and persevered with my daily study of the Lesson. The scoffing soon ceased," the sergeant said cheerfully.

"The fear of ridicule is the foe of reform. Ridicule itself is one of the ancient and modern devices of the wicked. It is used as a weapon for opposing a right idea and persecuting those who stand for it," said the older man, picking up his copy of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. He opened it and read these words on page 68: "At present mortals progress slowly for fear of being thought ridiculous. They are slaves to fashion, pride, and sense. Sometime we shall learn how Spirit, the great architect, has created men and women in Science. We ought to weary of the fleeting and false and cherish nothing which hinders our highest selfhood."

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