If we were at sea in a storm where all was confusion and imminent danger, and we were wise, we would keep calm and think and do the best thing possible to save the situation. We would resist the selfish temptation to yield our thoughts to the dread of shipwreck and death. We would put forth every effort to save ourselves and others.
In the midst of a war swept era conditions are very similar to those outlined. Confronted with the loss of loved ones, and possibly of home and of national honor, the temptation to give way to inconsolable grief may be strong indeed. The compassionate Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus wept because of the sorrow of others, but he did not acknowledge its reality, for he healed that sorrow and proved that divine Love can undo the bonds of death and set the captive free.
Christian Science has come today, in the hour of the world's greatest need, to prove true the promise of Jesus, "He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever." We know that the comfort God gives is sufficient to meet all our needs, no matter how hopeless the seeming conditions. In "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 149) Mrs. Eddy says : "Remember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender lesson is not awaiting thee. Therefore despair not nor murmur, for that which seeketh to save, to heal, and to deliver, will guide thee, if thou seekest this guidance." The promise is to those who seek divine guidance, not to those who turn to the witch of Endor for help, or who seek the gratification of the material senses, which have never told us the truth about God or man.
