Editorial June 12, 1926 Issue

Adherence to Divine Principle

Duncan Sinclair

Students of Christian Science are sometimes accused of being dogmatic, blamed for what some people call their stubbornness. And the chief reason, if not the only reason, for this is that they are faithful in their allegiance to their religion, which means more than anything else in the world to them. It must not be forgotten that the great majority of Christian Scientists have embraced Christian Science, not from sentimental reasons, but because they have been able to prove for themselves, by some measure of healing, the veracity and trustworthiness of its teachings.

What is it that generally arrests the attention of the unbiased thought when first it approaches Christian Science? It is the emphasis which Christian Science lays on the fact that should any one obtain an understanding of God, divine Principle, through this Science, as stated by Mary Baker Eddy, and put his understanding into practice in connection with any of the problems of life which trouble humanity, he will solve the problem if his understanding be clear enough and comprehensive enough. And what does this signify? This—that the divine Principle which Christian Science reveals is absolute, fixed, and perfect; that it is omnipresent and omnipotent; and that it is therefore available every instant, to be demonstrated in the destruction of all that appears to be unlike itself.

Now Christian Science is particularly clear and particularly emphatic in its affirmation of the allness of divine Principle. God is All-in-all, it declares—all good, infinite and eternal Love, Life, and Truth: and evil is therefore without reality, nothing but an illusion of material sense, a false belief of mortal mind. From these facts Christian Science never deviates one iota; and its students are earnestly endeavoring to be loyal to its teaching. It is essential that they should be loyal to the Science of being if they would demonstrate its truths. It is essential that they should so conform their thoughts to its truths that these may enter into the very fiber of their lives. For only thus can the best results be obtained in the demonstration of divine Principle. Mrs. Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 456): "Science makes no concessions to persons or opinions. One must abide in the morale of truth or he cannot demonstrate the divine Principle. So long as matter is the basis of practice, illness cannot be efficaciously treated by the metaphysical process. Truth does the work, and you must both understand and abide by the divine Principle of your demonstration."

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