Article October 18, 1958 Issue

PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE

KATHERINE S. WHITNEY

There is a demand today for men and nations to coexist peacefully and harmoniously. This demand will not be met through a compromise with evil, the acceptance of evil as real, or the adjustment of oneself thereto, but through the conscious and constant demonstration of man's coexistence with God.

In "Unity of Good," as part of her answer to the question, "Do you believe in man?" Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes (p. 49): "I believe in the individual man, for I understand that man is as definite and eternal as God, and that man is coexistent with God, as being the eternally divine idea. This is demonstrable by the simple appeal to human consciousness."

Christ Jesus, who fulfilled prophecy as the Prince of Peace, understood and acknowledged his at-one-ment with God. This was the basis of his harmony and peace and his demonstration thereof. To the foes who were questioning him as to his authority and identity, he replied (John 10:30), "I and my Father are one."

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