Testimony of Healing January 22, 1966 Issue

"Human hate has no legitimate...

Ann B. Jenkins

"Human hate has no legitimate mandate and no kingdom. Love is enthroned." The practical Christianity underlying this statement of truth from page 454 of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy was clearly revealed to me during an experience I had in a southern town.

Several days after the signing of the Civil Rights Bill in 1964, my husband and I attended a newly integrated cinema. Earlier that day, while studying the textbook, the foregoing quotation stood out in bold relief.

Despite several pickets, we were able to enter the theater peacefully. Upon leaving the theater, however, we were confronted by a hostile mob. The town police force had stationed themselves between the crowd and the theatergoers in a sincere attempt to keep order and to protect all the citizens. The policeman in charge asked us to reenter the theater. He explained that until the Negroes could be safely extricated from the theater, he could not afford us full police protection if we went to our nearby automobile.

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