BY any one who takes a retrospective view of the world situation as regards peace during the past ten years, the conviction would no doubt be reached that there has not been accomplished everything that could be desired in the matter of bringing about universal harmony and brotherhood among men, or in the putting into practical experience of the teachings of the Golden Rule.
In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, we find on page 96 this statement: "This material world is even now becoming the arena for conflicting forces. On one side there will be discord and dismay; on the other side there will be Science and peace." If we were satisfied to take the testimony of the material senses, there would be little hope for the race in its endeavors to reach that state of "Science and peace," however much desired. But in Christian Science is to be found the universal remedy for all ills; and the efficacy of this Science is proved by or through reliance on the evidence of spiritual sense, instead of the testimony of the physical senses. The permanence of the scientific relation existing between individual man and individual man, and the ever changing nature of error, the Christian Scientist must take cognizance of. This state of consciousness recognizes the ever triumphant results of Truth and the assured defeat of error.
Truth is established. It is from everlasting to everlasting. The seeming conflict is the opposition that mortal belief offers to Truth; and from the fallible nature of so-called mortal mind we know that every claim to power that error makes must eventually yield to the supremacy of Truth. Truth recognizes no race, or color, or nationality. It is universal. Discord finds no abiding place in Truth; but human opinion asserts itself regardless of Truth. It constantly proceeds toward disunion instead of unity, toward dissension instead of concord, believing in many minds instead of in the one Mind, God. It leads brother to array himself against brother, nation against nation, race against race. Greed, malice, envy, hate, jealousy, selfishness, lust, ignorance of every sort are the tares with which human opinion would endeavor to smother the blades of truth.
