Article May 26, 1951 Issue

FIDELITY

ELLEN WATT

The peace of the world rests wholly upon the devotion of thought to imperishable good. Because reality alone can be eternal, it is upon the thinking of those who perceive Mind, God, to be All-in-all that the security and progress of mankind depend. Such thinking inevitably partakes of the perfect nature of that which is perceived and is evidenced in what appear to be human affairs in the degree of its fidelity to Truth.

A dictionary defines fidelity as "strict adherence to truth or fact." The fact that consciousness is fundamental, a pronouncement acknowledged by noted physicists, though not understood by them in its spiritual significance and depth, has been clearly elucidated in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, who deduces her conclusions from the demonstrable knowledge that God is the only Mind. In so doing, Mrs. Eddy has set forth as fully and exactly as can be done by means of human language the irrefutable consequence of this divine fact, which is the unreality of matter. She has presented this fact in the only way a divine fact can be correctly regarded—as indivisible truth, to be accepted in its entirety or not at all.

The inspired guidance of her presentation of Truth appeared in the full measure of her own acceptance of and adherence to the truth revealed. A summation of the teaching of Christian Science is given by her on page 468 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," in "the scientific statement of being." It is in part: "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all." This profound and ultimate statement of Truth was born of our Leader's fidelity to what she spiritually discerned.

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