Article September 13, 1900 Issue

What is Christian Science?

BY I. NELSON WARD.

Doubtless there are to-day many people who would be glad to know just what Christian Science is. Many do know, and the percentage that do not is smaller than one year ago. Judging by the inquiries from all classes of people, we see the time is near at hand when all shall know.

Ask a student of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, at Boston, Mass., and he will tell you that Christian Science is Christianity demonstrated. Ask the person who has been healed of disease, through some Christian Science practitioner, and he will tell you the power of God is omnipotent and omnipresent, that God is the Great Physician. Ask the person who has been spiritually benefited, who by reading the text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," has been shown man's true relation to God, and he will tell you God is Spirit, Soul, Mind, Life, Truth, Love; for God is All-in-all.

Christian Science explains the life of Jesus, and upholds this wonderful man as the only true example, as the only true type of manhood, and demonstrates that the power of God is with us now the same as it was with Jesus. As the Apostle James said, "Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works," so it is with a Christian Scientist, he shows his faith by his works.

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