Article March 3, 1951 Issue

"THAT MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL ARTS"

SUSAN F. CAMPBELL

Why does the Christian Scientist feel that Christian healing is the greatest of all arts? There might be many answers. Undoubtedly one is, Because of its redemptive mission, blessing and healing humanity. Another reason which Christian Scientists would give is that this healing is the proof that Christian Science is the selfsame Science which Jesus used to heal and to save mankind during his mighty and unprecedented work on earth.

Having lived Christianity for many years, Mary Baker Eddy discovered the Science of Christianity, proved widely for herself and others that it was the same Science that Jesus used, and then gave it to the world in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." Also, Christianly scientific healing is the outward sign to this age that the Comforter, promised by the Master, is with us and that all may become aware of its tender presence.

Mrs. Eddy states on page 232 of "Miscellaneous Writings," "Spirit is omnipotent; hence a more spiritual Christianity will be one having more power, having perfected in Science that most important of all arts,—healing." The one who would devote his life's work to "that most important of all arts,— healing" has indeed undertaken a great mission. His training, or preparation, is a spiritually mental one, revealing step by step what constitutes the healing consciousness, wherein the presence and power of God dawn more fully, and without which the healer could do nothing. This greatest of all arts is born of an intense desire on the healer's part to prove Christian Science and an unquenchable longing to share with others that which is transforming his own life.

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