Article October 14, 1939 Issue

The Spiritual Fact Which Heals Debt

LESLIE C. BELL

Debt would seem to be a universally accepted condition, yet, as Christians, we have Paul's injunction, "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another." Since this condition is not good, because it is not of God, the only cause and creator, belief in its reality can be destroyed by the understanding that God, good, is the only presence and reality.

Jesus taught and demonstrated the omnipotence of good, but it was left to Mary Baker Eddy, who discerned Christian Science through spiritual inspiration, to reduce the Science of Christ to a system that all may use with certainty of success while living in obedience to its rules. This Science teaches us that both sin and sickness are healed by spiritual means. Referring to the healing power of the truth, Mrs. Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 233): "The counter fact relative to any disease is required to cure it. The utterance of truth is designed to rebuke and destroy error."

Christian Science is based upon the Scriptural teaching that God, Spirit, is All, and that "there is none else." This statement denies the reality of matter, and reveals the solid foundation on which to build. It gives a complete and logical explanation of all the apparent inconsistencies concerning man and the universe, and is provable. Christ Jesus, in his sublime career, proved the unreality of matter and the allness of Spirit at every point, and left his example for every one of us to follow. Therefore do we acknowledge him as the Way-shower.

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