Article March 25, 1950 Issue

"LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED"

[Original article in French]

MEG ZAHND

Let not your heart be troubled" (John 14:1). Thus spoke Jesus a few hours before his arrest, when he was giving his last instructions to his disciples. He knew that he would meet with violence, and he knew the reactions which his apparently ignominious end would arouse in his friends. This accounts for the persuasive and tender stress of his words. Subsequently he explained to them what was going to happen and gave them reasons why they should not be tempted to doubt his teaching. He reiterated once again the absolute unity which exists between Father and son, between God and His image, man.

Jesus' desire was that the disciples should not allow themselves to be mesmerized by fear, doubt, or sadness. He himself understood that in the reflection of God, divine Mind, are hope, achievement, and joy. For him the threshold of the tomb became the portal of his victory over death; he demonstrated that "the last enemy" had no power over the Christ, which he so perfectly represented.

The Master's words are addressed to disciples in every age. Mary Baker Eddy, throughout her writings, never tires of repeating and amplifying the reassuring words of Jesus. On page 495 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures'" she enjoins, "Let neither fear nor doubt overshadow your clear sense and calm trust, that the recognition of life harmonious—as Life eternally is—can destroy any painful sense of, or belief in, that which Life is not." She can say this with such conviction because her teaching is based on Christ, Truth. She knew and demonstrated that the governing, all-powerful Principle is divine Love, before which matter must give place to divine reality.

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