Article March 14, 1959 Issue

"GIVE UP THY EARTH-WEIGHTS"

DOROTHY DELLANO RUMAGE

Is there anyone who would not be willing, even eager, to start each day without the weighty problems which seem to accumulate, without the stress of false personal responsibility, and without a sense of burden? Freedom from burdensome care should and can be ours continually, for the Bible promises and the writings of our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, assure us that this freedom is possible here and now.

Error, material thinking, would reverse this harmonious condition and rob us of our peace. So in our daily defensive and protective work we must vigorously deny the error of any power apart from God and steadfastly realize His all-power and all-presence and the perfection of man as His likeness.

Mrs. Eddy declares in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 328): "Whatever obstructs the way,— causing to stumble, fall, or faint, those mortals who are striving to enter the path,—divine Love will remove; and uplift the fallen and strengthen the weak. Therefore, give up thy earth-weights." This counsel, "Give up thy earth-weights," is exactly what an understanding of Christian Science enables us to do.

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