Article September 1, 1956 Issue

PROVING OUR DOMINION OVER FEAR

HERBERT E. RIEKE

Early in his study of Christian Science the student learns the importance of demonstrating the unreality of fear as the first step in the solution of every problem. Mary Baker Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 411, 412), "If you succeed in wholly removing the fear, your patient is healed."

Fear is a belief in the absence of God, good, in one form or another. Such fear is folly, inasmuch as God, good, is omnipresent. The remedy for fear is to know the certainty of the omnipresence of the infinite perfection of God and of all His divine qualities.

Fear of disease, for instance, is the result of a belief in the possibility of the absence of health. Over the radio and television, in newspapers and magazines, one hears a great deal about the possibility of the absence of health. The student of divine Science must be alert to know that God, divine Mind, is ever present and that Mind is constantly manifesting itself in wellbeing. Divine Mind is supreme and is therefore a law of annihilation to every discordant sense of existence. Perfect divine Mind maintains absolute control and harmony.

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