Editorial September 3, 1904 Issue

The Mental Remedy

The all-important consideration for humanity is how to reach the moral and intellectual stature which ever marks the Christ-man, and thus to realize the fulfilment of the Divine purpose. That this is the ultimate of all true and purposeful endeavor, none would deny, though perhaps but few have recognized it as a constant demand resting upon all alike.

Before the advent of the world's great Teacher many had striven for that intellectual supremacy which can never be separated from progress, even in its purely human sense. Paul, commenting upon this, said, "The Greeks seek after wisdom;" he also said that the preaching of the Christ,—the Christ-doctrine,—was, to the Greek thought, "foolishness." The same may be said-to-day with respect to many who, to their very great loss, reject the mental healing of Christian Science which identifies its teaching with that of Jesus and the apostles. Christian Science finds its justification, however, in the character of its appeal, as well as in its effects.

Nearly all those who accept this teaching have been led to do so by their observation, or by their own experience, of its value, as a remedial agent, to the sick and suffering. Prior to such experiences, these people had believed in material methods of healing, but when Christian Science was brought to their notice they were quickly led to see the very important fact that these methods have no relation whatever to man's moral and intellectual needs, to say nothing of his spiritual nature as the child of God. They also began to comprehend, in some degree, what is meant by the dominion which is man's divine inheritance; and that material methods of dealing with error fail entirely to recognize this dominion.

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