One of mankind's worst enemies is hatred. It may be discomforting to be hated, but it's injurious to do the hating. One who hates, harboring intense animosity against another, sometimes feels the bad effects physically in tension and other unhealthy stimulation of the body. These symptoms should warn him of the danger he is courting by hating.
Mrs. Eddy quotes Hannah More as saying, "If I wished to punish my enemy, I should make him hate somebody." See Mary Baker Eddy, Miscellaneous Writings, p. 223; And elsewhere our Leader warns: "Hate no one; for hatred is a plague-spot that spreads its virus and kills at last. If indulged, it masters us; brings suffering upon suffering to its possessor, throughout time and beyond the grave." ibid., p. 12; Yet she also reassures us, "Clad in the panoply of Love, human hatred cannot reach you." Science and Health, p. 571;
Christ Jesus preached God's law of loving one's neighbors under all circumstances—even though humanly they may seem to be bitter enemies working against one's very life. The Master's own ultimate demonstration of loving even those who nailed him to the cross is our example.
