Editorial February 6, 1926 Issue

Christian Character and Healing

Duncan Sinclair

Not infrequently the beginner in Christian Science is strongly attracted to what may be termed the more purely metaphysical side of this Science, his reason being powerfully appealed to by the truths it presents to him. Never before, probably, has he seen the significance of the fact that since God, good, is infinite, of necessity what men call evil must be unreal, or that since God is infinite Spirit, spiritual creation alone is real. An entirely new realm appears before him; and he is forced, accordingly, to adjust his thought to the new revelation. And in the process he experiences a happiness he has probably never before dreamed of.

Unquestionably the earnest student's thought undergoes a great transformation as he follows the arguments of divine Science. It may be that he soon experiences a healing, a distinct physical or moral healing, even quite unexpectedly; and then gratitude wells up within him for the discovery with which he is becoming acquainted. And the study proceeds, largely still, possibly, along the more definitely metaphysical line.

Now it is right that the student should become firmly grounded in the fundamentals of Christian Science. It is right that he should make certain that he understands its essentials, just as one who becomes a student of mathematics finds it proper to learn the rules of the science, step by step, from its rudiments. Otherwise, how could either expect to succeed with the greater problems? But there is this difference: the beginner in Christian Science has to remember that along with the gaining of the understanding of the great truths of Being, he must cultivate Christian character; he must remember that it is absolutely essential he should do so if he would prepare himself for the work of Christian healing.

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