Article September 20, 1975 Issue

Shake It Off into the Fire

GRACE SHELDON ANDERSON

When St. Paul was tending a fire on the island of Melita, "there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand." The Bible says that "he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm." Acts 28:3, 5;

Students of Christian Science learn in their practice of its teachings that they cannot dally with attacks of error, whether they appear as sickness, accident, or sin. If our thinking is to be kept free of evil mental influences, we need to be on guard constantly. If allowed into consciousness, an evil suggestion—always contrary to Truth, God—may manifest itself as disease, discouragement, or some other form of inharmony.

Not that error is true, or actual. In Science, discord cannot be true. But if we accept it as true, we may be fooled into thinking that some erroneous action is really taking place. With the revelation of divine Truth in Christian Science, we have the means to annul the attacks of evil, which seek to enter our mental homes.

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