Article January 30, 1937 Issue

The Eternality of Life

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

On page 246 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes: "Life is eternal. We should find this out, and begin the demonstration thereof. Life and goodness are immortal."

This simple and profound statement makes it clear that a finite and material sense of life is not life at all, for from a finite standpoint life and goodness appear to be temporary and limited. They seem to come and go, thus making mortals subject to change and dissolution. In Christian Science, life and goodness are seen to be changeless and eternal. They do not come and go, but remain forever constant in spiritual reality.

If, however, life is considered from a material standpoint, all things immediately appear finite and limited to the material senses through which they are cognized. To illustrate: an observer sees the sun rise in the east and follows its apparent course across the sky until it sets in the west. May not the illusion of material existence be compared to the apparent passage of the sun across the heavens? The mortal is born, rises through youth to manhood, and eventually returns in old age to the earth. To material sense life appears to come and go, and all things seem finite and limited.

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