Article January 30, 1904 Issue

I am asked, "Do you expect to die?" I answer that...

Alice Sinclair

Pawtucket Times

I am asked, "Do you expect to die?" I answer that I cannot promise you that I shall never pass through that change, and yet I don't like to declare that it is my intention to die. To sin and to die are very strong habits just at present, and although Scientists are doing good work in overcoming the evil tendencies of the times, yet I cannot make a positive statement that I shall so conquer all error, as to escape altogether its penalty, death; "For the wages of sin is death." I can say only, that to-day's problem of living needs so much consideration that its solution would escape me, were I to concern myself with future work. At this stage of progress, the whole can be proven only by inductive reasoning. Nor is this asking too much, for it is conceded in all other sciences. In astronomy, celestial distances and measurements are accepted on the basis of terrestrial computations, and in many instances the whole is granted because a part is proven. In this respect Christian Science takes no more latitude than other sciences. To the human mind, death is a mystery because nothing is known of Life.

Let us try to discover what is Life, not what is death; what is good, not evil; what is health, not disease; what is Truth, not error; what is Mind, not matter. Starting on this basis of action, we may come into possession of the key to the problem that so vexes and perplexes us. Rest assured that if you work on the wrong side of the question, the eternal Principle of truth can never swerve one iota from immutable law to protect you or save you from the pain of its violation, no matter how much you may cry to be forgiven or saved from the penalty. The only way for you to escape the punishment is to turn from your error and work right.

Alice Sinclair.
Pawtucket Times.

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