Article August 22, 1970 Issue

Spiritual Militancy

JEAN T. BOWMAN

At the present time in human society militancy generally implies radical demands, often leading to warlike riots and disruption of the social order. Spiritual militancy, on the other hand, derives its power and strength from God, and can silence with positive and forthright action the evils mortals experience. To be an effective militant, one should be spiritually radical, protesting with divine authority the cruelties imposed on world thought by the carnal mind.

Paul, a stalwart militant of his day, recognized what is needed, for he counseled the early Christians in this manner: "Put on the whole armour of God.... Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness."^{ Eph. 6:11, 14;} Good or godly thoughts, then, might be considered the spiritual militant's armor. Mrs. Eddy puts it this way: "Good thoughts are an impervious armor; clad therewith you are completely shielded from the attacks of error of every sort. And not only yourselves are safe, but all whom your thoughts rest upon are thereby benefited."^{ The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 210;}

Christian Science teaches what Christ Jesus thoroughly proved for mankind—that God is All-in-all, divine, universal Mind, a caring, merciful, just Father-Mother God, who neither causes evil nor knows it. This Science reveals that man is the expression of God, who is the only Mind of man. Thus, in reality, God alone is the source of good and true thoughts. Good thoughts expose the baseless suppositions of the carnal mind. Because these truths are scientific, they are demonstrable in our daily experience.

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