Article April 8, 1933 Issue

Christian Science teaches that God is Spirit, and that His...

Cyril G. Davies, on Committee on Publication—for the Transvaal, South Africa,

Die Volkstem

Christian Science teaches that God is Spirit, and that His creation is spiritual, for like produces like. It follows logically that if God is Spirit His ideas must be spiritual. The Bible says that God made man in His image and likeness. Therefore man must be spiritual, not material. The material so-called man must be a false concept of man. Material creation cannot be God's creation. God's creation is spiritual and perfect, therefore man is spiritual and perfect. We get to know God by developing the true spiritual sense which every human being possesses. In other words, we put on the Mind that was in Christ Jesus. The material senses claim that man is made up of matter. St. Paul says, "The carnal mind is enmity against God," and, "The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God."

Christian Science has nothing in common with witchcraft. It teaches that healing is effected by God, divine Mind, who is ever present. Therefore distance from a practitioner who applies this truth is not a barrier to spiritual healing. Did not Jesus heal the centurion's servant from a distance? Was this healing witchcraft? On page 138 of the Christian Science textbook are these words: "Jesus established in the Christian era the precedent for all Christianity, theology, and healing. Christians are under as direct orders now, as they were then, to be Christlike, to possess the Christ-spirit, to follow the Christ-example, and to heal the sick as well as the sinning."

Christian Science requires of its followers strict adherence to the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount. The movement grows because of the health, happiness, and peace it brings to suffering humanity. The followers of Christian Science come from all walks of life; they learn from the teachings of Christian Science of a God of love, not of hate—"who healeth all thy diseases." They hear and apply the words of our Master, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," and, "The kingdom of God is within you." Christian Science is the reappearing of Christ's Christianity, demonstrated again in this age, healing the sick and sinning. Christian Science treatment is of a purely spiritual nature.

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