Article October 16, 1978 Issue

All one in expression and being

HELEN L. CONNELLY

Marvin and his friends were gathered in the lunchroom near the bus terminal where they liked to get together and play the jukebox. But one day when Marvin went in for something to eat, the place was strangely silent.

Soon an elderly man, shabbily dressed, shuffled in. He glanced about and then walked directly to the jukebox. After carefully selecting some country music, he put a coin in the slot. Looks of displeasure passed among Marvin's group. They didn't like anything about the old man—his clothing, the color of his skin, or his taste in music. Even Marvin, sizing up the man, wondered how he could be spending money on music rather than on food or some better clothes.

But as Marvin sat there, he recalled some true, spiritual ideas that he had learned in Christian Science. He realized that what he needed was the right concept to challenge his dislike of the man. He had long ago stopped thinking of himself as a mortal—a young black man—but rather saw himself as the son of God. Today he reasoned: God is One, and man is the expression of God. There is no lack of unity in God's universe.

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