Article June 14, 1952 Issue

THE SUPREME TASK

DOROTHY EILEEN HEYWOOD-DOVE

A British statesman in a recent speech said that one "has it in his power to solve quite easily the problems of material existence." And he continued: " There lies before him, if he wishes, a golden age of peace and progress. All is in his hand. He has only to conquer his last and worst enemy— himself."

The supreme task, then, is not merely to aid in safeguarding the survival of western or even world civilization, but to awaken spiritually, to lift up in consciousness the real purpose of life, to revive and practice those precepts given by Jesus of Nazareth in the Sermon on the Mount. "This will ensure the survival not merely of a civilization, but of genuine Christlikeness in individual lives.

Jesus' life survives for us because of the Christliness evident in the truths he taught, the healings he accomplished, and his complete ascendance over all the obstacles which he encountered, including his victory over death and the grave. To attain to Jesus' Christlike standard of living is the supreme task before his followers. The immortal nature of Truth must be demonstrated in individual regeneration.

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