Article May 26, 1951 Issue

THE ANNUAL MEETING

ROBERT A. CURRY

In considering the Annual Meeting of our beloved Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, let us recognize first of all that it belongs to every member of this Church. We can all perform our part even if not physically present at this assembly, for we can give mental and spiritual support to it and receive a benefit therefrom. Mary Baker Eddy, when invited in 1906 to attend the "annual communion and the dedication" of her Church, included in her reply this message (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 25): "Will one and all of my dear correspondents accept this, my answer to their fervid question: Owing to the time consumed in travel, et cetera, I cannot be present in propria persona at our annual communion and the dedication in June next of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist. But I shall be with my blessed church 'in spirit and in truth.'"

This phrase from the Scripture is several times quoted by Mrs. Eddy in her writings, showing that she must have given deep thought to Jesus' words (John 4:24), "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." The law of God contained in these words incorporates a point which we should consider when thinking of the Annual Meeting. It is, What is our "spirit," or spiritual attitude toward the occasion? How far are we lifting thought above the material aspects of the gathering to the grandeur of the infinite revealings of Spirit as the reach human consciousness through His messages at that hour?

If we look into the universe of Mind, using for this purpose the lens of Science, we see infinite ideas ceaselessly unfolding within Mind. These ideas never blend one with another. Each is distinct, each is perfect, each rests in absolute harmony under the guidance of all-creative Principle.

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