Article March 26, 1927 Issue

In an editorial published in a recent issue it is stated that...

Richard H. Smith, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana,—Missoula

Missoulian

In an editorial published in a recent issue it is stated that the very essence of Christian Science is contained in the statement of Hamlet, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." The essence of Christian Science is that God is the only cause and creator; that He made all; and that everything He made is good. It logically follows that He did not make sickness or things that seem to distress or disturb, since these are not good. If, therefore, heat, disease, or discord of whatever name should seem to disturb or make sick, the procedure of a Christian Scientist would be after this manner: He would try to know and realize that it was without power, since God never made it; that all "power belongeth unto God;" that things not of His creating must of necessity be powerless. It will be seen, then, that the essence of Christian Science is not in making things either good or bad by thinking, but in constantly knowing and realizing God's omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.

Mary Baker Eddy made clear the point which I would bring out, when she said on pages 62 and 63 of "Miscellaneous Writings," "The theology of Christian Science is based on the action of the divine Mind over the human mind and body; whereas, 'mind-cure' rests on the notion that the human mind can cure its own disease, or that which it causes, and the sickness of matter,—which is infidel in the one case, and anomalous in the other."

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