Article February 19, 1966 Issue

Maintaining Our True Identity

ROBERT JENNESS MITCHELL

One should always maintain the evidence of his true identity. To do so among those who know one is not difficult, for his very presence is evidence enough. However, to strangers he must be ready to prove his identity by means of documents or witnesses or both.

Suppose, for instance, that as one walked down the street a zealous officer of the law took hold of him, accused him of being a notorious counterfeiter, and carried him off to the police station for booking. Would one eventually admit to being a counterfeiter, pay the penalty, and perhaps be allowed to go free? Not at all. He would bring to bear every shred of evidence available to establish his true identity. He would hire an attorney to plead his case, not to escape the penalty of counterfeiting but to establish the fact that he was not a counterfeiter at all, never had been, and never would be. He would persistently keep this up until the authorities, convinced of his real identity, released him.

Now, let's say that mortal mind arrests an individual and accuses him of being a mortal, subject to all the laws and penalties of mortal thinking. Right then the individual, following the teachings of Christian Science, must insist upon his true identity and establish it or be liable to disease, in-harmony, or even death. He must promptly and persistently prove who he really is and, in some cases, obtain an advocate to know the truth for him. As he does so, his true identity as a child of God, entirely free from any mortal so-called law, will be established, and he will go free.

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