Editorial April 29, 1905 Issue

The "Common Sense" of It

John B. Willis

It is most interesting to observe how rapidly the Christian world is coming to accept the teaching of Christian Science, that health is the normal and congruous state in which the spiritually aspiring may and should live; that its freedom and strength belong to the children of God, and are essential to the successful fulfilment of those Christian duties and obligations which the Master's words has imposed upon every believer.

Says a religious contemporary, "No man can do his best for God and humanity except he be at his best. No man can be at his best except he have a healthy body in which to live and serve. If that is Christian Science, make the most of it. I am sure it will stand the test of being Christian and scientific, too. . . . A jaded body is a poor conductor of spiritual force. . . . The Son of God, — who was also a true son of humanity, — though he toiled hard, though he bore on his mind and heart great burdens for his fellowmen, yet in this particular, as in all other things, became our perfect example by bringing to the last hour of his earthly life a perfectly healthful and vigorous manhood."

Says another, "A healthy body is a great aid to clearness of religious vision and to spiritual enjoyment. A deranged liver is the enemy of a joyous and hopeful piety."

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