Article June 18, 1966 Issue

The Exalted Point of View

E. STUART WELLS

Frequently one hears the statement, "It depends on your point of view," as a rationalization for action or the lack, of action. In every human situation that is presented to him, the Christian Scientist learns to turn to God. To know that man is the perfect reflection of God and that the universe is one harmonious whole— spiritual rather than material—is to attain the Godlike view. By rejecting material appearances as unreal, the Christian Scientist gains a diviner point of view.

The effects of a higher view were illustrated to the writer when he and his family were camping in Switzerland at the foot of rugged mountain peaks which thrust upward from the shore of a lake. Sitting by the lake, the family could see two red cars of a cog railway puffing in and out of apertures on the opposite cliffs on their way to a higher and more remote peak.

One sunny morning the family joined other sightseers to take the trip on the railway up the mountain. Thrill after thrill rewarded them as the beauty of the valley below unfolded. More striking and thought-provoking was the appearance of those rugged peaks that had seemed to dominate the valley campsite. As the train went up the mountain, these appeared to diminish in size until the family wondered how they could have seemed so awesome.

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