It has been said that "the kind of God we worship determines the kind of world we inhabit." Surely, then, it can be conceded that a right concept of Deity is of vital importance to humanity. If our concept of God is finite, if we think of Him as limited, mutable, and material, a God knowing both good and evil, we have but a blurred, hazy notion of the nature of our heavenly Father. Mary Baker Eddy writes in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 596,) "Paganism and agnosticism may define Deity as 'the great unknowable;' but Christian Science brings God much nearer to man, and makes Him better known as the All-in-all, forever near."
Never before have Christian people so generally acknowledged God's nearness and goodness as they have during these years of physical conflict and world-wide mental upheaval. God is becoming more and more recognized as the Supreme Being, who watches over and cares for His children.
There is cause for gratitude that countless men and women, yes, great nations and leaders of men, are turning to God in prayer. Fighting men and women, people in all walks of life, have prayed in the midst of danger and have been delivered. Many, desperately hard-pressed, report that although God had been known to them in name only, they have now become aware of His loving protection and have come safely through untold perils.
