Editorial December 28, 1963 Issue

Leaving All for Christ

Helen Wood Bauman

Christ Jesus plainly required that his followers leave all for Christ. The Master knew that a complete dedication to the demonstration of Christ, the divine ideal, which he exemplified, would not deprive anyone of what was right and useful but would destroy any sense of limitation regarding good. When Peter said to the Saviour (Mark 10:28), "Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee," Jesus replied, "Verily I say unto you. There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life."

Looking back in history, one finds that those who have been willing to leave all for Christ, so far as they knew how to do this, have contributed the most lasting benefits to the world. From Abraham, who left his home in Ur of the Chaldees and the pagan beliefs of his forefathers, to Jesus, who left the material sense of life for his eternal home in Spirit, we see developed in the Scriptures the true idea of leaving all for Christ.

The Master's impartation of the truth of being was so clear that he could expect of his disciples a complete departure from materialism. Today those who realize that Christian Science offers full salvation from all that is mortal or sinful or limited know that they too must depart from materialism, that is, they must give up every personal concept, every mortal fear, every selfish inclination. They must renounce all belief in the mortal senses and must prove the power of the Christ over the sins and sufferings that plague mankind.

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