Article February 22, 1941 Issue

In a recent issue a Christian Science practitioner is...

Hart Wood, Committee on Publication for Hawaii,—Hilo

Tribune-Herald

In a recent issue a Christian Science practitioner is quoted as saying that it did not matter at all what you ate; what matters was what you thought about food.

The following statement by Mary Baker Eddy in regard to food might be helpful in preventing misunderstandings. Mrs. Eddy says (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 388): "The fact is, food does not affect the absolute Life of man." She continues, "But it would be foolish to venture beyond our present understanding, foolish to stop eating until we gain perfection and a clear comprehension of the living Spirit. In that perfect day of understanding, we shall neither eat to live nor live to eat."

The Master said, "If they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them." This promise was to "them that believe"—understand—his teachings.

Great numbers of people who have suffered from indigestion and other similar ills have been healed in Christian Science and have found that they could eat any food commonly regarded as normal and wholesome for human beings without ill results.

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