Article July 27, 1957 Issue

SHELTERED AND SURROUNDED BY GOOD

MAUDE MERRICK BOSTON

When Noah built an ark for safety from the flood, he received this message from God (Gen. 6:14—18): "Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. . . . And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee."

In the Glossary of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy gives as part of her definition of "ark" (p. 581), "Safety; the idea, or reflection, of Truth, proved to be as immortal as its Principle; the understanding of Spirit, destroying belief in matter." In order to complete our ark we too must "pitch it within and without" with such Godlike qualities as purity, love, gentleness, kindness, joy, steadfastness, and faithfulness so that no error of any kind can enter. Then we may invite all those who will, to enter this ark of spiritual consciousness with us.

We are in perfect safety within this ark, even if the storm rages without. Sometimes we are tempted to believe that we are in such great difficulty or that such a flood of fear has overtaken us that we cannot find safety. But let us always remember that the false, mortal elements of the human mind cannot rescue us from the very trouble into which these elements have placed us.

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