Editorial April 15, 1950 Issue

THE RULE IS ABSOLUTE, BASED ON LOVE

George Channing

The Christian Scientist knows that God's love is present in every situation, no matter what the human appearance may seem to be. Conversely, therefore, he never appraises any situation in terms of absence of God's love; never believes, for instance, that God is not present with the patient who is accepting material means for healing, or that God is estranged from the physician who seeks to apply material means. The Christian Scientist knows that his understanding of the ever-presence of God's love can be attested only by his own loving heart. If, therefore, he finds himself unable either to accept a case for healing or to continue healing work already begun because the patient turns to material remedies, the explanation must be found in something other than a lack of love on his part.

The fact is, the rule in Christian Science is absolute. Being absolute, it ceases to be a rule for anyone who seeks to employ it in conjunction with some other rule. The compassionate woman, Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science and made an incalculable contribution to the welfare of humanity through understanding and practicing pure love, nevertheless admonished an inquirer (Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 88, 89): "Mind-healing, and healing with drugs, are opposite modes of medicine. As a rule, drop one of these doctors when you employ the other."

Under Mrs. Eddy's tutelage the Christian Scientist is pursuing one purpose, and one purpose only, that of contributing all he can toward establishing the kingdom of God on earth. He is engaged in demonstrating that the only right concept of man and of the universe is the concept entertained by divine Mind, God. He is proving by the spiritual method of his religion that it is possible to align one's consciousness with divine Mind, the only Mind of man, and thus to see, feel, know, as divine Mind sees, feels, knows. This is what Christian Science calls reflection, the status in which man dwells throughout eternity, deriving his existence from the Mind which is God.

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