Editorial April 6, 1940 Issue

Absolute Science

George Shaw Cook

The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. Mary Baker Eddy, in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and in her other writings, often couples the word "Truth" with the words "Life" and "Love," as synonyms for Deity. For example, on page 330 of Science and Health she says, "God is what the Scriptures declare Him to be,—Life, Truth, Love." In many other places, however, she uses Truth as a synonym for Christ, as, for instance, in the following passage (ibid., p. 142): "Anciently the followers of Christ, or Truth, measured Christianity by its power over sickness, sin, and death; but modern religions generally omit all but one of these powers,—the power over sin. We must seek the undivided garment, the whole Christ, as our first proof of Christianity, for Christ, Truth, alone can furnish us with absolute evidence."

Christian Scientists, therefore, frequently refer to Truth as Christ, as that which reveals the nature of God and declares the truth about His creation. Students of Christian Science freely acknowledge that spiritually-minded persons in all ages have caught glimpses of Truth, and have used terms somewhat similar to those found in the writings of Mrs. Eddy. Nevertheless, they understand that it was she who discovered and founded in this age the Science, or demonstrable knowledge, of Truth that was taught and practiced by Christ Jesus.

Because of this discovery by their Leader, Christian Scientists are proving daily through the healing of sickness and sin, the overcoming of fear, discouragement, and doubt, that Christian Science is indeed Science, and is not merely a kind of so-called faith-cure. The demonstration of Christian Science requires faith based upon understanding. Many recorded cases of healing through reading the Christian Science textbook prove that this book contains the scientific explanation of the method through which cures were wrought by Jesus, by his disciples and his early followers. In this way and in other ways Christian Scientists are convinced that Christian Science is the Comforter which Jesus promised would come, to which he referred as the "Spirit of truth," and of which he said, "He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

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