Article August 28, 1948 Issue

PERFECTION IS

JUDD STILSON

"Christian Science is absolute; it is neither behind the point of perfection nor advancing towards it; it is at this point and must be practised therefrom," states Mary Baker Eddy in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 242).

A dictionary throws interesting light upon the word "absolute," which is defined therein as "free from imperfection; perfect." No greater truth can be stated than that "Christian Science is absolute"—free from imperfection, wholly perfect; for Christian Science demonstrates the ever-presence of perfection and recognizes as real only that which manifests complete freedom from all claims of imperfection.

Christian Science declares that perfection is, and that man, as the reflection of God, is never imperfect, never "behind the point of perfection," nor is he looking up to perfection, "advancing towards it," but rather is he perfect now. We must necessarily practice Christian Science from this point of the perfection of God and man.

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