Editorial January 7, 1961 Issue

Divine Science, the Holy Ghost

Ralph E. Wagers

The peoples of the world are separated more by language than by space. Regardless of how helpful a universal language might be, however, the need is not so much for a common tongue as for an agreement in thought on what constitutes the basic realities of being.

The Bible records in the second chapter of Acts an instance where men "out of every nation under heaven" came to hear the early Christians, and "every man heard them speak in his own language." This took place on the Day of Pentecost, when the followers of Christ Jesus were of "one accord in one place." The Biblical explanation of this extraordinary event is that those who spoke were filled with the Holy Ghost.

What is this Holy Ghost, this divine agent, whose influence set aside language barriers and enabled men of differing tongues to grasp basic spiritual truths? It is defined by our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in the Glossary of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 588) as, "Divine Science; the development of eternal Life, Truth, and Love."

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