Article May 28, 1960 Issue

WE MUST NOT PLEAD GUILTY

WILFRED S. THORPE

In Isaiah we read (33:5, 24): "The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.... And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity."

Christian Scientists go a step farther than not talking sickness; they try not to think it. It is comparatively easy to keep from saying, "I am sick," but it is a far more difficult task to refrain from thinking sickness. If we do not think sickness, we cannot possibly voice it. Therefore the suggestion of being sick, or tired, or discouraged, or lonesome, or in any other discordant condition should be handled in thought before the error has gone far enough to be spoken or manifested on the body. At the moment of its inception, even a most severe claim of error can be handled; but it is likely to be more difficult to destroy after it has gone far enough to be definitely admitted to oneself or voiced.

Surely we must not merely sit and wait for an erroneous suggestion to develop; but, rather, we should destroy it when we first notice it. The work must be done within one's own consciousness.

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