Editorial June 13, 1953 Issue

OMNIPRESENCE

Richard J. Davis

The Psalmist was nearing the perception of a great spiritual and metaphysical fact when he wrote in poetic phrase (Ps. 139:3–10): "Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. ... Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me."

Sooner or later mankind must learn that the omnipresence of God is not a theory. The study of Christian Science shows us that God's all-presence is irrevocable fact. Mary Baker Eddy writes in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 287): "God being everywhere and all-inclusive, how can He be absent or suggest the absence of omnipresence and omnipotence? How can there be more than all?"

That which is fact or truth is always capable of demonstration, and so over many years Christian Scientist have been able to prove in a measure the all-presence of the one adorable God. No doubt it will be admitted theoretically by many that God is omnipresence, but of what value is this great and inevitable truth if accepted only from that standpoint? In the words of Scripture (Isa. 1:18), "Come now, and let us reason together."

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