Article December 26, 1959 Issue

"OUR TRIALS BLOOM IN BLESSINGS"

FLINT LEWIS TOWNSEND

We can always rely on God, divine Love, under all circumstances, for Love meets our every need. Therefore we should never fear a trial of any kind, since it is a golden opportunity to prove the loving and harmonious care of our Father-Mother God for His children or spiritual ideas.

According to Christian Science, God does not know anything about matter, human problems, or material activities, but He does know that He is infinite Spirit and that His being is All-in-all. He knows that He is all-inclusive Mind; also He knows and sees man as His own spiritual, perfect, complete, joyous, and limitless idea. In reality this man is our own true, spiritual identity, our real individuality.

Armed with a correct understanding of God and man, we can be victorious over every trial that may come to us. As a beautiful hymn tells us (Christian Science Hymnal, No. 249),

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