Article March 13, 1954 Issue

MAN FOREVER UNHARMED

GRACE E. ROWNTREE

The first time the writer of this article read the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, it might almost have been written in an unknown language, so little of it did she understand and appreciate. However, having witnessed the beneficial effects of its sincere study on those who had introduced her to it, she embarked on a second reading, with much happier results. Light, though in limited measure, began to dawn on what had previously seemed hidden and obscure.

The grain of Truth which she had accepted and assimilated began at once to have its salutary effect in the healing of minor ailments and unattractive traits of character. Headaches and colds, which had occurred so frequently that they seemed to be a part of her being, faded out. Irritability, sensitiveness, and personal pride gradually gave place to calmness, peace, and unselfed love.

No sense of hurt or harm can remain in the consciousness of one whose constant endeavor is to realize the kingdom of God within. True humility, so essential to the recognition of man's spiritual being, imbues one with confidence in the reality of all that is right. When we are convinced of the spiritual rightness of our thoughts and actions, unkind or unjust criticism fails to touch or disturb us. Correct reasoning includes the perception of the image and likeness of God in all men everywhere and of the nothingness and powerlessness of all wrong thoughts and intentions. Until attached to a horse, the cart is motionless, incapable of action. Similarly, error can of itself do nothing until it is, in belief, attached to an individual. If then we would not be guilty of harming our fellow men, we must make it our daily, hourly, prayerful practice to see ourselves and others as we are seen of God.

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