Editorial May 13, 1939 Issue

"They that are whole"

George Shaw Cook

It is recorded of Jesus, in the Gospel of Mark, that "when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." From this it is evident that the most spiritually minded of men did not ignore the fact that mankind is in need of healing and salvation. His entire healing ministry refutes such a supposition, and his own appreciation of the purpose of his divinely appointed mission is plainly indicated in his words, "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."

In the Preface to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, says (p. xi), "The physical healing of Christian Science results now, as in Jesus' time, from the operation of divine Principle, before which sin and disease lose their reality in human consciousness and disappear as naturally and as necessarily as darkness gives place to light and sin to reformation." This very plainly indicates that Christian Science, which is a reinstatement of primitive Christianity, has for its twofold purpose the healing of sin and of sickness.

Christ Jesus, the Way-shower for mankind, and Mary Baker Eddy, who has given to the world the scientific explanation of the Christ, which Jesus demonstrated, both strongly emphasize healing and regeneration as signs following an understanding of Truth. It is obvious, then, that followers of Jesus, especially those who are students of Christian Science, should not lose sight of the fact that it is incumbent upon them to heal sickness and sin in themselves and in others. All students of Christian Science may not at once become practitioners, in the sense of devoting their entire time to the healing work, but they must, if they are to become useful Christian Scientists, be willing to put into practice what they understand of the healing power of Truth, else they will not continue to progress. Our Leader says (ibid., p. 323), "In order to apprehend more, we must put into practice what we already know."

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