ONE of the many grand truths which Christian Science makes plain to mankind is that God, divine Love, is impartial. It is a truth which greatly satisfies the hungering heart. To contemplate it leads us away from the whimsicalities of mortals, with their tendencies to partiality, their likes and dislikes, their antipathies and their hates. Only the perfect can be absolutely impartial. Only divine Principle, Mind, perfect in intelligence, can love without a trace of Love's opposite, because, as it is written in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy (p. 283), "Principle is absolute."
Now, the eyes of Christian Scientists are not blind to the failings of humanity. The. glimpses they have had into the ideal have tended to open their eyes; the vision of the spiritual real they have gained has enabled them to see the limitations of the so-called human mind, and to become aware of the bigotry and bias of spiritually unenlightened thought. Indeed, when the student of Christian Science has obtained some understanding of God as divine Love, unchangeable Principle, perfect Mind, he becomes keenly alive to the limitations of corporeal sense; and if he be true to his understanding, he endeavors to correct these limited sense-perceptions, in order that his judgment may conform more nearly to the impartiality of divine Principle. Thus the Christian Scientist becomes more deliberate in his decisions, gentler in his demeanor, more scientific in the handling of whatever question may come before him for consideration and adjustment. In brief, he strives to reflect the impartiality of divine Love.
Human existence may be said to consist chiefly of two great parts. The one is concerned, more particularly, with the life of the individual; the other has to do with the individual's life in its relation to others. And the question of impartiality comes into both. One has to learn through an understanding of divine impartiality how to sit in judgment on one's own life,—on one's own thoughts and words and deeds,—and at the same time, and through the same understanding of divine Principle, to judge righteous judgment concerning others. This entails consecration of purpose and desire; it necessitates the prayer that is without ceasing. For no degree of ability to reflect the impartiality of divine Love is possible without sincere and prayerful endeavor.
