Article January 1, 1979 Issue

Don't rob anyone

Carmen B. Ginnel

You wouldn't steal money from your friend. But are you ever tempted to rob someone of his spiritual perfection?

Take the case of Anne, a young Christian Scientist, who was entertaining her friend Elise over the weekend at her apartment. They'd had a good time together, but after Elise left, Anne missed her wristwatch. As the week went by, she looked everywhere she could think of. Little suspicions kept creeping into her thought. Could her friend possibly ...? She hated even to wonder about it. Tormented by suspicion, she realized the time had come to pray about it.

Soon she found something in Mrs. Eddy's book Science and Health that helped her: "For victory over a single sin, we give thanks and magnify the Lord of Hosts. What shall we say of the mighty conquest over all sin? A louder song, sweeter than has ever before reached high heaven, now rises clearer and nearer to the great heart of Christ; for the accuser is not there, and Love sends forth her primal and everlasting strain."^{Science and Health, p. 568;}