Article September 17, 1955 Issue

HOLD ON!

DOROTHY STONE MILLS

A FEW years ago six young Scandinavians floated across the Pacific Ocean on the raft Kon-Tiki. That the men reached Polynesia in accordance with their calculations is common knowledge. The student of Christian Science finds an analogy between this courageous adventure and his demonstration of spiritual being through the study and application of this religion.

Careful examination of the expedition's records reveals certain pertinent facts. First, the men were convinced through study and research that others had pioneered with success in such a venture, and they scrupulously followed all instructions left by them. Secondly, throughout the project the men displayed great enterprise, confidence, and joy, refusing to be stultified, discouraged, or misguided by well-meaning but ill-informed human opinion. Thirdly, the raft transported them safely through every storm and protected them from every danger. And fourthly, when at last it carried them over the seemingly impassable coral reef barrier, all were saved because they obeyed the command, "Hold on!"

Christian Science explains man's eternal unity with infinite, divine Mind, God. Our acknowledgment that God is the Mind, Soul, and Principle of man and of all creation may be likened to the raft which the men used. It is strong according to our conviction and demonstration of individual, indissoluble, spiritual unity with Him. The mental viewpoint, changing from a material sense of existence to the spiritual sense of true being in God's image, may be considered our voyage. The false claim of a power opposed to God may be likened to the coral reef. Christian Science teaches us how to build the raft, how to enjoy, how to profit by the voyage, how to surmount each barrier, how to "hold on."

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