“In moral chemicalization, when the symptoms of evil, illusion, are aggravated, we may think in our ignorance that the Lord hath wrought an evil; but we ought to know that God’s law uncovers so-called sin and its effects, only that Truth may annihilate all sense of evil and all power to sin” (Citation 11: S & H, p. 540:11-16 – Marginal Heading – “Cleansing Upheaval”).
“Annihilate” – “To reduce to nothing; to destroy the existence of; to destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties, so that the specific thing no longer exists” (1828 Webster’s Dictionary).
“Chemicalization . . . has a beneficial effect, and in this way good may result from the fermentation which is going on in the world to-day” (“World Fermentation,” George Shaw Cook, CSS, 5/4/1918).
“God is indeed working His purpose out; the very nature of Truth is to uncover and destroy a lie. Many muddy river beds of selfishness, of dominating human will, of belief in and love of materiality, of satisfied human intellectuality, are needing the wholesome stirring and challenge of Truth before a better order in human affairs can be ushered in. The task of the Christian Scientist during this period of chemicalization is to nothingize, and not to balloon, error as it is brought to the surface” (“God is working His purpose out,” John Randall Dunn, CSS, 4/10/1948).
How can one be grateful enough for our Leader’s teachings that make clear the truth about the disruptions that seem to be occurring throughout our world today? Thanks to the truths explained by Mrs. Eddy through Christian Science, we can confidently know that only a wholly good “cleansing upheaval” is going on, as a “better order in human affairs” is being ushered in, towards the true and ultimate freedom of all mankind: “Ages pass, but this leaven of Truth is ever at work. It must destroy the entire mass of error, and so be eternally glorified in man’s spiritual freedom” (S & H, p. 118:10-12).