Article November 18, 1911 Issue

It should be remembered in considering or discussing the...

Edward W. Dickey

Riverside (Cal.) Press

It should be remembered in considering or discussing the subject of Christian Science that it is essentially common sense and reasonable in its every application to human conditions. It has a scientific premise and must of necessity have a scientific conclusion. It is built upon a spiritual platform, and is most logical and consistent in its every declaration. It often happens that critics fail to note this fact; and in consequence, when they encounter the statement set forth by Christian Science, that all evil is unreal, they draw a conclusion from this statement which is not in accord with what this Science teaches. The premise of Christian Science is that God is Spirit, and that He is good. From this it consistently deduces the conclusion that man and the universe are spiritual and good. It teaches that God is the only power, and therefore all power is good. It teaches that God is Mind, and therefore all power is in and of divine Mind. It declares that all the facts of being are real and good. It must follow as a scientific conclusion that the things of the flesh which are finite and discordant are not real.

It is here that Christian Science emphasizes its reasonableness and shows its students the paramount necessity of overcoming instead of overlooking all that is unreal and evil, but which claims to be a real part of human experience. That this teaching is reasonable and right is shown by the results it produces; for Christian Science has come, in the language of the Scriptures, "that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." It has not come to controvert anything or anybody, but to fulfil. Its message is that loving invitation of the Master, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

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