Article October 15, 1949 Issue

CHURCH MADE PRACTICAL

HENRY LEWIS POWERS

The student of Christian Science soon discovers that he does not advance very far in his study of this great subject without a clear understanding of Church. Every member of a Church of Christ, Scientist, would do well to study frequently the definition of Church as found on page 583 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.

The first statement in this definition reads as follows: "The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle."

Enlightenment comes to the student through his search of the Bible for references regarding church. One such reference is found in the sixteenth chapter of St. Matthew. There it is related that Jesus inquired of his disciples, "Whom say ye that I am?" to which the impetuous disciple Simon replied, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus commended Simon and gave him a new name, stating, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." The rock, or Christ, is the power which heals and saves, and upon which Jesus founded his church. Jesus' statement that the gates of hell should not prevail against his church shows that the true Church can never be touched by any form of error.

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