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nary religious teaching or from ma
terial science. 1t should not appear un-
reasonable to him that at first he be
required to put these Inquiries aside
until he shall have proved something
of the affirmative statements of Chris
tian Science. When he shall have ac-
complished that much, he will, for the
first time. begin to understand the ma
ture of evil and answer for himself the
questions as to the seeming reality of
the human experiences involved in sin,
sickness and death. Let 1t be here
said, however, that Christian Science
does answer these questions satisfac-
torily, and that 1t provides a complete
and perfectly satisfactorily solution of
all problems of human existence.
Disease Recognized as Mental
Those who are not accustomed to
associate thought with its effects may
not understand how the human body
can be made sick or well by the in
fiuence of thought. and yet materia
medica does recognize this to some ex-
tent. Only Christian Science, however,
discloses the right method by which
fear and sin and their effects upon the
body may be destroyed. The average
person learning of Christian Science as
a metaphysical method. Is apt also to
confuse it with so-called mental meth
DDS more or less prevalent today, but
Christian Science is unlike them all.
1t involves no such thing as suggestion
or the exercise of the human will or
hypnotism or mesmerism, or the use
of formulate. 1t shows that all these
methods may as readily be used for
evil purposes as for good, which proves
that they are neither Christ-like nor
I scientific. The power of Christian
| Science lies in the fact that 1t is the
of the divine Mind is recognized and
employed as the only power.
Belief In Christ
This separation of all evil from our
| thought of God is unquestionably the
| way of science, the way of the first
| commandment. It is the way indicated
in the teachings of Jesus the Christ.
That Christian Scientists should be
misunderstood in their practical appli-
cation of those teachings by systems
and theories which do not pretend to
make any practical application of them,
is perhaps inevitable, but whether so
or not, the fact remains that practical
proof indicates scientific understanding.
The sick have been healed in Christian
Science through scientific thought and
thinking as indicated in the teachings
of Jesus. He clearly showed the ne
cessity for obedience to the first COM
mandment. He said: "A good tree
cannot bring forth evil fruit" Again
he said: There is none good but one,
that is, God" and he indicated the
nature of prayer when he declared at
the tomb of Lazarus. II knew that
thou nearest me always" No one
should think that the works of Jesus
could be disassociated from absolute
truth and therefore from science. His
gospel is unquestionably the gospel of
truth and must therefore be in the ma
ture of scientific knowledge. He
proved himself to be the only certain
healer Of disease that has ever lived
upon the earth.
He did net set aside law, but he full
filled the law of health and harmony
to man, law which is ever powerful
in right thought and right thinking,
the righteous prayer (which availeth
much" the method of Jesus the Christ.
Thus we begin to see what is meant by
the mind which was in Christ Jesus,
since we recognize that Mind must be
the healing and saving power.
Heaven
Christian Science shows that only
by demonstrating the truth of being
can mankind hope for deliverance from
suffering. There is no evidence to show
that death either helps or hinders sal
walton or the attainment Of the king
dom of heaven. Jesus said, eff a man
keep my saying, he shall never see
DEATH" Would he have said that If
death were necessary to salvation? He
knew all about salvation. The associa-
ton of death with the thought of
heaven has darkened human belief to
such an extent that people have hesi-
tated to think or speak of heaven. In
Christian Science all this is changed,
and heaven becomes natural topic of
conversation. We recognize that 1t
may be a present and a welcome ex-
perience. The Christian Science prac-
titioner who goes to the bedside of
suffering, and there. through his un-
derstanding Of Christian Science, sees
the suffering diminish and gradually
cease, and the poor sufferer relieved,
uplifted, and made whole, has realized
in that experience something Of the
Kingdom of heaven within. He can
tell you about 1t, or perhaps he cam
not, but at any rate, he has had some
foretaste of its joys. He knows that
it Is harmony and satisfaction, and that
1t does not depend upon place, but upon
consciousness, and that 1t does not in
volve death. but an understanding that
Life is eternal, harmonious, and in
evitably healthful.
The Bible
Probably Christian Scientists study
the Bible more than any other class of
people in the world. The reason for
this is to be found in the fact that our
textbook, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures. by Mrs. Eddy,
makes the Bible the most interesting
and beautiful book in the world Mrs.
Eddys book is perhaps more than what
would be generally known as COM
mentary upon the Bible; because 1t
gives a person an underlying under
standing by which he himself learns to
recognize the spiritual teaching con-