Article May 6, 1922 Issue

I am glad to answer the following questions asked by a...

Charles W. J. Tennant

Hackney and Stoke Newington Recorder

I am glad to answer the following questions asked by a contributor in a recent issue of your paper.

He says: "What do you mean by the expression, 'The Mind of Christ'?" Christian Science teaches that the Mind of Christ is the divine Mind, the Mind which enabled Christ Jesus to say, "Before Abraham was, I am," and, "Now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was." To this Mind, the universe, including man, is spiritual, immortal, and eternal. It enabled our Master to destroy sin, heal the sick, raise the dead, walk on the water, feed the multitudes, overcome death and the grave for himself, and, finally, to lay off the flesh. Paul, in his epistle to the Philippians, said, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus;" and, naturally, our Master expected us to have this Mind when he said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." Christian Science teaches mankind how to obtain this Mind.

Our critic wishes to know what is meant by "the carnal mind." Paul describes this as "enmity against God." It is the so-called mind of mortals, which sees everything from a material, finite, and temporal basis. Christian Science teaches that this mind must be subdued and brought into subjection to the divine Mind, fulfilling the injunction of Paul to bring "into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."

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