Asheville, NC
The Christian Science Monitor daily briefing on Thursday last week, April 30, noted Saigon fell 40 years ago, ending 20 years of American military involvement in Vietnam. Diplomatic relations were restored in 1995. Since then the US has become Vietnam’s largest export market. Today there is a warm relationship between the two countries. In this context, our subject draws from the statement in Science and Health, “One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; constitutes the brotherhood of man;”
- KJV Gen 4:1-5, 8-11
- 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
- KJV Gen 13:1, 2, 5-9, 11
- 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him….. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle:… 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
- KJV Matt 13:1-3 (to 1st them)
- 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them…
- KJV Matt 12:46-50
- 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
- KJV Malachi 2:10
- 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
- KJV I John 4:20
- 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
- KJV Philippians 2:1-5
- 1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
- KJV John 17:1, 6 (to 1st :), 20-23
- 1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
- KJV John 13:35
- 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
- KJV I Peter 3:8-11
- 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- KJV Ps 133:1
- 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- S&H 55:16-22
- My
weary hope tries to realize that happy day, when man shall
recognize the Science of Christ and love his neighbor as
himself, – when he shall realize God’s omnipotence and
the healing power of the divine Love in what it has done
and is doing for mankind. The promises will be ful-
filled.
- S&H 102:30-31
- Mankind must learn that evil is not power. Its so-
called despotism is but a phase of nothingness.
- S&H 371:26-30
- Mankind will improve through Science and Christi-
anity. The necessity for uplifting the race is father to
the fact that Mind can do it; for Mind can impart
purity instead of impurity, strength instead of weak-
ness, and health instead of disease.
- S&H 467:9
- It should be thoroughly understood that all men have one
Mind, one God and Father, one Life, Truth, and Love.
Mankind will become perfect in proportion as this fact
becomes apparent, war will cease and the true brother-
hood of man will be established. Having no other gods,
turning to no other but the one perfect Mind to guide
him, man is the likeness of God, pure and eternal, hav-
ing that Mind which was also in Christ.
- S&H 469:13-21
- Mind is God. The exterminator of error
is the great truth that God, good, is the only Mind, and
that the supposititious opposite of infinite Mind
– called devil or evil – is not Mind, is not
Truth, but error, without intelligence or reality. There
can be but one Mind, because there is but one God; and
if mortals claimed no other Mind and accepted no other,
sin would be unknown. We can have but one Mind, if
that one is infinite.
- S&H 470:32-5
- The relations of God and man, divine Principle and
idea, are indestructible in Science; and Science knows
no lapse from nor return to harmony, but holds the divine
order or spiritual law, in which God and all that He cre-
ates are perfect and eternal, to have remained unchanged
in its eternal history.
- S&H 337:7
- For true happiness,
man must harmonize with his Principle, divine Love; the
Son must be in accord with the Father, in conformity with
Christ. According to divine Science, man is in a degree
as perfect as the Mind that forms him. The truth of be-
ing makes man harmonious and immortal, while error is
mortal and discordant.
- S&H 476:1 only
- Mortals are the counterfeits of immortals.
- S&H 541:14-26
- Genesis iv.8. Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and
slew him.
The erroneous belief that life, substance, and intelli-
gence can be material ruptures the life and brotherhood
of man at the very outset.
Genesis iv. 9. And the Lord [Jehovah] said unto Cain,
Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am
I my brother’s keeper?
Here the serpentine lie invents new forms. At first it
usurps divine power. It is supposed to say
in the first instance, “Ye shall be as gods.”
Now it repudiates even the human duty of man towards
his brother.
- S&H 444:27
- Immortals,
or God’s children in divine Science, are one harmonious
family; but mortals, or the “children of men” in material
sense, are discordant and ofttimes false brethren.
- S&H 518:15-19
- The rich in spirit help the poor in
one grand brotherhood, all having the same
Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth
his brother’s need and supplieth it, seeking his own in
another’s good.
- S&H 469:30-5
- With
one Father, even God, the whole family of man would
be brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good,
the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth,
and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which
constitute divine Science.
- Hymn 217, 443, 82
Gen 4:1-5, 8-11
Gen 13:1,2,5-9,11
Matt 13:1-3 (to them)
Matt 12:46-50
Malachi 2:10
I John 4:20
Philippians 2:1-5
John 17:1,6 (to1st :),20-23
John 13:35
I Peter 3:8-11
Ps 133:155:16-22
102:30-31
371:26-30
467:9
469:13-21
470:32-5
337:7
476:1 only
541:14-26
444:27
518:15-19
469:30-5Hymn 217, 443, 82
Gen 13:1,2,5-9,11
Matt 13:1-3 (to them)
Matt 12:46-50
Malachi 2:10
I John 4:20
Philippians 2:1-5
John 17:1,6 (to1st :),20-23
John 13:35
I Peter 3:8-11
Ps 133:155:16-22
102:30-31
371:26-30
467:9
469:13-21
470:32-5
337:7
476:1 only
541:14-26
444:27
518:15-19
469:30-5Hymn 217, 443, 82
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