Article April 21, 1928 Issue

The Supremacy of Mind

NATHAN H. WEIL

In the chapter "Recapitulation" in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 469), its author, Mary Baker Eddy, asks the question, "What is Mind?" and her reply presents the truth of the allness of God, which when apprehended enables the student to demonstrate the Principle of Christian Science in healing the sick, reforming the sinner, correcting wrong traits of character, and dispelling the fear of lack or limitation.

Through education, association, environment, and human standards, mortals had been led into believing the time-worn lie that intelligence exists apart from God; that it is dependent upon the gray matter of the brain; and that it wields an influence over mortals for good or evil. The way out of this position is made so plain by Mrs. Eddy in Christian Science, that anyone embracing her teachings can grasp the fundamental truths that Mind is God, good; that all that He creates is like Him, good; and that, therefore, evil was never created by Him, and is consequently without power or presence.

Under the caption, "Origin of Evil" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 346), our Leader says: "Evil never did exist as an entity. It is but a belief that there is an opposite intelligence to God. This belief is a species of idolatry, and is not more true or real than that an image graven on wood or stone is God." A study of this article in its entirety should convince anyone with an open mind that evil is indeed nothing—a myth, a lie, a pretender, a usurper without power or existence; and as he grasps its nothingness he will cease to believe or fear it.

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