Editorial July 10, 1926 Issue

Immortal Man

Duncan Sinclair

Christian Scientists are assured of the immortality of man: Christian Science has convinced them of it. And how has Christian Science been able to do this truly wonderful thing? It has told them the truth, the absolute truth, about God, the creator of man; and, thus equipped, they have been enabled to arrive at accurate conclusions as to man's immortal nature.

What, then, is the truth which Christian Science reveals about God, from which the immortality of man is deduced? It is that God is infinite and eternal Mind. What follows from this profound truth? The fact that God's universe — Mind's universe — consists of spiritual ideas; for that which Mind creates must be like Mind itself. And since God's universe necessarily includes man, man must be the spiritual idea of God, divine Mind. It is most important that man should thus be apprehended as God's idea.

Now it is plain that the universe of Mind must reflect the qualities of Mind. It therefore follows that man, the real man, God's image and likeness, as the Scriptures affirm, must reflect or manifest the qualities of Mind. And some of these qualities are unlimited intelligence, perfect love, spiritual power, holiness, health, wisdom, purity, understanding — all spiritual qualities of God, Life. Thus it is perceived that man must be immortal, because he reflects the eternal spiritual qualities of Life.

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