Article December 10, 1955 Issue

SEEKING AND DEMONSTRATING HOLINESS

WALLACE H. LANIGAN

Many are searching for good. Many yearn to understand God, to know and do His will. This is evident in varying degrees in individuals, and in some it is not presently apparent. Often without knowing it, men are longing for the comfort of God's presence, for His blessing.

Men seek holiness because of an inner awareness that it is the highest expression of manhood. They yearn for goodness because of the realization that only thus can they draw near to God and be approved by Him. Biblical as well as contemporary history indicates that mankind often reach out for higher and holier attainment and search persistently for an understanding of Life, God.

Reaching out for good is an instinctive desire and effort to awaken from the illusion of corporeal existence and to claim man's true spiritual status. Mankind's search for God, the yearning for holiness evidenced by men, is an ever-recurring manifestation of such awakening. A hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal includes these lines (No. 51):

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