Article January 30, 1978 Issue

A life hid in God

ROLF WITZSCHE

When circumstances arise that appear to spell disaster, or when sickness strikes, what peace, hope, inspiration, and strength can be found in the message from the Bible that "neither death, nor life, . . . nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord!"^{Rom. 8:38, 39;} The Apostle Paul used these words to dramatize the transcendent security of life in and of God, as revealed by the Master. Christian Science brings additional insight; it points out why we are safe as we understand that we live in God.

Through divine inspiration and experience Mrs. Eddy arrived at the absolute conclusion that there is no reality in matter, in evil, or in discordant situations. She reveals God as All and defines all true manifestation as God's reflection.

Because God is All, there can be no manifestation besides His own infinite self-containment; thus evil, discord, and pain, being contrary to the nature of God, are reduced to illusions—without even the substance of a puff of smoke. Besides or beyond the range of the one all-inclusive God, Spirit, and His spiritual creation, nothing possesses reality. There can be only one divine entity because this One includes all; nor can this allness be less than universally manifested. Mrs. Eddy states, "God is at once the centre and circumference of being."^{Science and Health, pp. 203-204;}