Editorial June 25, 1904 Issue

Man in Relation to God

W. with contributions from Clement of Alexandria

A minister of national reputation has recently said. "Suppose I can get into right relations with God, what does it mean? So far as this physical being is concerned, it means perfect health. So far as the mind is concerned, it means the perception and acceptance of truth. So far as the heart or the affectional nature is concerned, it means the love of all that is good and beautiful and true. So far as the moral nature is concerned, it means perfectly right relations between me and every other being that can think and feel. So far as the spiritual nature is concerned, it means the loving, tender, comforting, helpful recognition of the fact that I am a child of God and that He is my Father."

This splendid statement distinctly emphasizes and commends the teaching of Christian Science, and though it is fair to presume that such was not the purpose of its author, Christian Scientists may rejoice as did St. Paul that, whether "intentionally" or otherwise, "Christ is preached."

A Yale divinity lecturer once counselled his hearers that the best way to combat a religious movement which they did not approve was to lay increased emphasis in their own preaching upon whatever of truth they could perceive in it, and there are indications that an increasing number of clergymen are acting upon this advice in their consideration of Christian Science. The organization of a society of Anglican clergymen and others, which aims to advance a practical interest in spiritual healing as it was known and utilized in apostolic times, is another of these evidences of a growing recognition that holiness does indeed mean health, and that the good which Christian Science is accomplishing is to be frankly admitted.

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