Article December 10, 1910 Issue

Mrs. Eddy writes (Science and Health, p. 322), "Mortals...

John H. Wheeler

Kansas City (Mo.) Journal

Mrs. Eddy writes (Science and Health, p. 322), "Mortals may seek the understanding of Christian Science, but they will not be able to glean from Christian Science the facts of being without striving for them. This strife consists in the endeavor to forsake error of every kind and to possess no other consciousness but good." From the above the conclusion may be easily drawn that those who profess the Christian Science faith may not indulge in human differences, much less may they claim the right to be intolerant of one another's convictions. Christian Science teaches that our Saviour's example of returning good for evil under all circumstances, is the least one can do to preserve in himself the spiritual relationship with God that heals discords and keeps him unspotted from the world.

There is one simple rule to be strictly followed by all Christian Scientists in assisting others to feel the benign influence of this faith, viz., that the seeker's part is to request voluntarily and earnestly this assistance before it is imparted, and under no circumstances is coercion or persuasion to be used. This rule of action thus becomes the reasonable and sane climax to every true Christian Scientist's profession of faith as he or she strives only to have the mind of the Lord; by doing that which always returns good for evil. A student does not always fully succeed in the application of this rule to human affairs, but he is less than a student if he deserts the rule in attempting to make the application, and hence one is not a Christian Scientist if the rule be broken.

Mrs. Eddy writes: "We are not Christian Scientists until we leave all for Christ;" again, "If we would open their prison doors for the sick, we must first learn to bind up the broken-hearted;" also, "I long to see the consummation of my hope, namely, the student's higher attainments in this line of light" (Science and Health, pp. 192,366,367). This rectitude of thought and exalted purpose, exemplified in the lives of individuals seeking to uplift mankind, is alone worthy of the name of Christian Science. Guided by this divine impulse, its adherents will so regulate all their human affairs that their deeds will not give offense to any one, but rather be a sweet smelling savor to all. This alone is the healing power; the benign Christ with us. "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another," said our Lord and Master.

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