In your issue of the twelfth there appeared a letter in the...

Bevy C. Godwin, Committee on Publication for Mississippi,—Tupelo

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In your issue of the twelfth there appeared a letter in the forum in which the writer questions Mrs. Eddy's use of the term "Principle" for God. If he knew the meaning of this term as used in Christian Science, there would be no objection.

The terms "Spirit," "Love," and "Principle" are synonymous, and refer to God alone (see Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 465). These terms are not only properly and correctly used, but serve to bring God much nearer and make Him dearer to us. Your correspondent agrees that God is Love but says, "Here love is personified," thus indicating that God is a physical being with a finite form; but if this be true, how can He be infinite and everywhere present, as the Bible teaches?

When Philip's challenge, "Shew us the Father," was given to Jesus, he said, "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?" Although this disciple was with the Master daily and witnessed the healing of all manner of sickness and disease, saw how the blind were made to see, the deaf to hear, the lame to walk, how the sinning were reformed, and the dead raised, yet he failed to understand that the Father, the divine Principle, Love, was being manifested through the Son in the mighty works which he performed. The Master, Christ Jesus, said further, "Believe me for the very works' sake."

The question now is, What are Christians going to do about these works? Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." If men and women would earnestly study and ponder these words and strive to put them into practice they would be better Christians, with more love and compassion for one another; and there would be less desire for faultfinding and criticism.

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