Article December 21, 1974 Issue

Peace on Earth

ENDA A. LICHTENFELS

Peace on earth is not an impossibility. It can come as the inevitable result of the understanding and practice of the Christ, Truth, which Jesus brought to light for the guidance of mankind. The truth of man's perfect and peaceful being in God can be tested and proved in Christian Science.

Peace, being individual, is not a product of church or state, not a consequence of human organization. It is one's acceptance and living of Christ Jesus' doctrine that the infinite goodness of God is ever available to men. It is that state of consciousness in which love and peace reign, even if war rages without.

The peace we are capable of achieving is more than the absence of armed conflict between individuals or absence of conflict within an individual. It is concord, harmony, tranquillity—the freedom from agitation, disturbance, or fear that results from spiritual understanding. It constitutes heaven, God's kingdom.

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