Article March 6, 1965 Issue

Expressing Goodness

GWEN M. CASTLE

The desire to be good is natural, even though at times it may seem otherwise. Goodness has ever borne evidence of man's true being, of his spiritual selfhood. Students of Christian Science recognize this goodness to be a quality emanating from God, and by the same token evil is perceived to be a false belief in a supposititious power opposed to Him.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in her sermon "The People's Idea of God" (p. 2), "The Hebrew term that gives another letter to the word God and makes it good, unites Science and Christianity, whereby we learn that God, good, is universal, and the divine Principle,— Life, Truth, Love; and this Principle is learned through goodness, and of Mind instead of matter, of Soul instead of the senses, and by revelation supporting reason."

To those persons earnestly seeking to manifest goodness, searching for a demonstrable religion by which life may be ordered, these statements come as a guiding light, shedding its rays upon their efforts and leading them toward the desired goal of spiritual understanding.

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