Article February 1, 1947 Issue

A Song of Forward March

ALTHEA BROOKS

If all the words we have on record as having been spoken by Christ Jesus were assembled into one address, it could be delivered in a couple of hours. The fact that the Master's words were accompanied by his outstanding demonstrations and proofs of their truth indicates the power he knew them to have when he said (Mark 31:31), "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away."

Mark pictures Jesus as a man of action, a man of many good deeds. Matthew represents him as a teacher, an incomparable healer and exponent of the kingdom of heaven. We know that he was early about his Father's business, and that his brief career was a series of proofs that he was the Christ. He went ever forward demonstrating God's law of ever-present harmony. He knew no discouragement or failure, for he knew no will but that of his Father. He knew that his works were of the Father, and he commanded his followers to do the works that he did. He watched and prayed, and admonished them to do likewise.

Christian Science shows progress to be the law of God. Impelled by this law, its students go joyously forward. They are keenly alert to the importance of maintaining unwavering courage and obeying humbly the commands of Christ Jesus while following the upward way he outlined for all mankind. They are unceasingly grateful to Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, for the many guideposts she placed along the road as she too followed the Christ. And as they journey, they are mindful of the words in her Message to The Mother Church for 1900 (p. 2), "The song of Christian Science is, 'Work—work—work—watch and pray.'"

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