For thousands of years mankind, endowed with the faculty of reason, the capacity to search and experiment, has examined certain questions—vital questions—to which the majority believe answers have not yet been found. Such questions as: What is the origin of the universe and man? How did life originate on our planet? What is life? Men realize that when they understand causation—the Supreme Being—they will have found all the answers.
There is an urge in the human heart to reach out for the support of a supreme power outside and beyond oneself. Hence one longs for God, not only for guidance and protection but as Father, to love, trust, and obey.
Our present false sense of manhood or womanhood brings with it disappointments, trials, vicissitudes, and problems. Truly the heart yearns to be assured of the presence of the divine Father, whose unceasing care banishes fears, loneliness, and doubts. To have the same assurance, trust, and confidence in the Giver of all good as a child has in his earthly father, one must become acquainted with the Father. To know God is to love Him. The longing to be acquainted with the Father is satisfied by divine law, the forces of good within us. In turning to God, we find the wisdom and power to meet every daily need and receive answers to all the questions considered so vital to harmonious existence. This does not mean that one who is burdened with anxiety, poverty, sin, or disease may be freed merely by saying he would like to be healed. He must do more. He must be eager to work for his redemption from these fetters.
