Article September 25, 1948 Issue

OUR OBLIGATION

MORRIS W. WILSEY

In the Gospel of John we read (8:32), "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." And in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy says (p. 494), "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need."

For many years the writer has pondered these two quotations inscribed upon the walls of his own local Church of Christ, Scientist, as well as upon the walls of innumerable other branch churches. He found a deep significance underlying both these promises. Some may ask: How can we see them fulfilled in our daily life? What special meaning do they hold for us, and how can we benefit from them?

The answer lies in twelve little words immediately preceding the above reference from John: "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed." What did Jesus mean by these twelve words? Did he mean for us to continue to put our faith in matter—in food, pills, dollars, and rivalrous competition; to put our faith in material laws, systems, and fashions? No, just the opposite; Jesus meant for us to place our whole trust in God, Spirit; to accept unreservedly the spiritual truths of being which he taught and to put them into practice. He could have summed it all up, perhaps, by reiterating the First Commandment.

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