Article December 2, 1905 Issue

The declaration, "Be ye therefore perfect," cannot possibly...

Boston Times

The declaration, "Be ye therefore perfect," cannot possibly mean that we must attain to perfection instantly; it recognizes the necessity of gradual growth into perfection. Theory must precede practice even as law must precede its enforcement, and a child is never expected to do the work of a man. To attain to perfection, both in knowledge and practice, is no more incumbent upon Christian Scientists than upon other Christians. In her teaching that the life of man is dependent upon God, not upon materiality. Mrs. Eddy does not differ from the Scriptural claim. "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh [matter] profiteth nothing," nor from the teaching "In him [God] we live, and move, and have our being." Alfred Farlow.

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