Article November 19, 1949 Issue

THE DIVINE OFFSPRING

[Original article in French]

GERMAINE DESNOS

The Apostle Paul was an instrument chosen of God to bear His name to "the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel." When he traveled through Greece, he was so filled with holy zeal for the accomplishment of his mission that he endeavored to communicate to his many successive hearers his own clear understanding of God. This understanding so dominated his thought that he could not endure the sight of cities given to idolatry. Illumined by the Holy Ghost, he endeavored to light for his listeners the torch of revelation as well as convey to them the certainty of the one God.

Speaking before the Athenians of this one God, the apostle said, "He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;" and, "In him we live, and move, and have our being," ending with a quotation from one of their own poets, "For we are also his offspring." Thus the apostle summed up his message of the one God, the one creator, who "hath made of one blood all nations of men."

Through the centuries this teaching has persisted. Racial conflicts and hatreds challenge it. But the teachings of Christian Science confirm it. Mary Baker Eddy writes in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 267): "The offspring of God start not from matter or ephemeral dust. They are in and of Spirit, divine Mind, and so forever continue." This one origin links all men indissolubly to one another and to God.

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