Everything God made is perfect now, and His ideas, abiding in Him, dwell together in one majestic concord. Consequently there is, in reality, nothing in God and His creation that needs to be purged. Human consciousness, however, must be purified of its false beliefs that it may demonstrate this grand spiritual truth.
To purge means to cleanse or purify and in some instances to clear of guilt or moral defilement. In our day the word purge usually signifies the ridding of a party or nation of members considered dangerous—often by brutal means. Narrowed down, it could mean the ruthless elimination of one's personal enemies. A purge is often aimed at the truth for which individuals stand, as in the case when the Pharisees wished to kill Jesus to be rid of the Christ, Truth, which he so perfectly exemplified.
A natural reaction of most of us to a purge would be, "Certainly this is one form of evil that could never activate me." But let us examine in the light of Christian Science the insidious way in which the purge method is attempting to infiltrate human thinking today. For instance, to believe in the reality of evil is to subject oneself to its machinations. Thus the one who persecutes another is laying himself open to persecution. He who indulges in hate may find himself hated, and he who believes in ruthless purging is apt to be purged himself. This applies not only in political affairs but also at home, at church, or in business; in fact, wherever individuals resort to evil methods.
