"Thy holy resting place"

ELLA R. COULTER

A student of Christian Science gained new light, which brought with it a sense of peace and comfort, while pondering the quotation,

"Come, trusting heart, come to thy God,
Thy holy resting place."

The words were seen to be an appeal to every tired, discouraged heart, weary of material life and its illusions; for the promise of a "holy resting place" gave assurance of an harmonious abode. The invitation, "Come," bespeaks a welcome. In our social activities we hear on every hand, "Come"; and we blend our time, talents, and money, entertaining and being entertained. In the business world, also, with its fluctuating fortunes and the struggle to keep abreast with the line of march in demonstrating a livelihood, it is ever beckoning us on. The Scriptures abound with similar quotations, such as: "Come ye to the waters;" "Let him that is athirst come;" "The Spirit and the bride say, Come," all suggesting more than earth has to offer. Many hymns send forth the same greeting from lives that have been inspired and strengthened by a new faith and hope in the reality of divine good. Every student of history, sacred and profane, has been appalled at the temporary triumph of mortal mind; but those empires and dominions, those men of war and sword that have exemplified it, are as object lessons, revealing the dissatisfaction, the unrest, the emptiness of the dream of life in matter.

How well Mrs. Eddy understood the yearning for the good and true can be gleaned from her words on page 322 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," where she says: "The sharp experiences of belief in the supposititious life of matter, as well as our disappointments and ceaseless woes, turn us like tired children to the arms of divine Love. Then we begin to learn Life in divine Science. Without this process of weaning, 'Canst thou by searching find out God?'" She voices not only the hunger her own heart felt, but that of thousands more who have been watching and waiting to be shown the way. Mrs. Eddy herself must have heard the invitation.

"Come, trusting heart, come to thy God,
Thy holy resting place;"

and while her coming into her heritage as a child of God, through years of devotion and service to her highest concept of the enduring and the good, was not without trials and persecutions, it was her great obedience, her undaunted faith, her steadfast courage that won for her the great joy of finding her real selfhood as an idea in divine Mind, wholly apart from the belief or dream of material existence. It was her willingness to be guided, her unswerving reliance on divine Principle, that enabled her to carry to completion the establishment of the Christian Science movement, with its channels of good extending all over the known world; and, having done all, to stand and see the salvation from the ills of the flesh of as many as were willing to lay down all for Christ, Truth. Her achievement was glorious; but those looking for a sign saw that it was her understanding of the invitation, "Come, trusting heart," that kept her in the humbleness of spirit which made it possible for her to be the messenger of God to this age, proclaiming the good tidings of joy, health, happiness to a sick and sinful world. And she has revealed to us the way to demonstrate divine Principle, whereby all may share in binding up the broken-hearted, in helping to clear away all sense of doubt and fear, and to realize that "God made all His creatures free."

Christian Science is the greatest boon to humanity the world has ever received. It offers surcease from inharmony of every nature. It is the religion which Jesus taught and demonstrated while on earth. What comfort and inspiration come from finding the God in whom "we live, and move, and have our being," where no evil can befall us. "God is no respecter of persons," the Bible assures us. The joy, comfort, and healing that have come into some one's life and given that one dominion, await every earnest seeker of Truth. It lies with each individual to answer this loving call, "Come," and with childlike faith and trust allow himself to be led out of the tangle of dreams into the understanding of the reality of good, the realm of harmony, which is indeed our "holy resting place."

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