The
objection is sometimes made by those unacquainted with the actual teaching of Christian Science, that it is dangerous to say that evil is unreal, because it will tend to encourage the criminal in committing crime under the excuse that it is not real evil.
The
active, genuine Christian Scientist has a happy face; in fact, a sad-faced student of Christian Science is an anomaly, and very often a little introspection and careful thought as to the reason for any depression or unhappiness will quickly banish this anomaly and allow the real, happy nature of the student of Christian Science to appear, radiant and joyous.
Astudy
of the scientific statement of being, as found on page 468 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, reveals the fact that all being is mental, for the grand conclusion therein reached is that man, the image of spiritual good, God, is not material but spiritual.
It
is not hard to frame a harvest songWhen trees are sweet with blossoms in the spring,When the soft showers vie with the constant sun,And lush grass gives abundant pasturing.
God
, as understood in Christian Science, is so different from the conception of Him generally held, that when the understanding comes that He is Love and is good only, the revelation must indeed become a milestone in the pilgrim's progress out of material sense into that higher understanding of the truth of all being.
Gustavus S. Paine
with contributions from Mary Blomfield
Through
the practice of Christian Science one proves that, on the one hand, the real man has never fallen from perfection, and that, on the other hand, his true existence as spiritual idea has never developed by evolutionary stages or in any other way from protoplasmic matter.
It is with a heart full of gratitude that I testify to the many blessings and joys that have come into my life through the study and application of Christian Science.
For a number of years I have received many blessings through the study and application of Christian Science and I feel that some acknowledgment is due, in the form of a testimony.
I have had no doubt for a number of years that the understanding and practice of Christian Science leads from the path of limitation, sickness, sin, and death to the way of perfect peace, prosperity, health, and life.
I was first attracted to Christian Science several years ago when my wife had been a helpless invalid for two years, and some of the best medical opinions obtainable in Australia and New Zealand had, after a major operation, pronounced her case incurable.
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