Article August 17, 1907 Issue

Christian Science recognizes the possibility of progression...

Alfred Farlow

Boston Times

Christian Science recognizes the possibility of progression from the imperfect to perfect manhood, but sustains the proposition that man is perfect at the outset, and that what we have termed development is simply bringing into activity and manifestation the ideal manhood which is forever intact; attaining a complete and satisfactory state, according to the idea expressed by the psalmist; "I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness." Education, therefore, is not a process of bringing new ideas into existence, but the disposition of ignorance. Spiritual evolution consists in putting "off the old man with his deeds," and putting "on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."

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