Article November 5, 1949 Issue

LOVE'S GREAT LEGACY

ELEANORA B. CARR

Who would not be glad if he were told that he had inherited a great legacy? Would he not at once begin to make plans for the future beyond anything that he had formerly contemplated? In so far as he looked for happiness in material goods, he might in that degree be liberated from a restricted sense of living.

What then about the great spiritual legacy spoken of by Mary Baker Eddy in her Communion Address of 1896? There, referring to the crucifixion of Jesus, she says (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 124): "The last act of the tragedy on Calvary rent the veil of matter, and unveiled Love's great legacy to mortals: Love forgiving its enemies. This grand act crowned and still crowns Christianity: it manumits mortals; it translates love; it gives to suffering, inspiration; to patience, experience; to experience, hope; to hope, faith; to faith, understanding; and to understanding, Love triumphant!"

Should we not ask ourselves if we have taken the necessary steps to claim this rich legacy and make it our own? Before we can gain it we must discard many earth weights. Even when we are willing to give up the belief that such things as personal possessions are ours and to see them as gifts from our Father-Mother God, we have to take still another step and claim the rich legacy of Love by seeing all true government as belonging to God and the belief of antagonism between individuals and countries as causeless and unreal.

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