Editorial March 22, 1952 ISSUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Richard J. Davis

Just as the Bible illumined the consciousness of Mary Baker Eddy and confirmed her revelation of the Christ, Truth, so every student of Christian Science is finding in the Scriptures inspiration and specific guidance that become the basis of healing and demonstration.

In his epistle to the Hebrews (11:6) Paul puts before them a requirement that is as important today as when he uttered it: "He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." In other words, one of the essential demands in demonstrating the truth is an acknowledgment that God is, that Love is.

This acknowledgment or recognition is necessary if the student or one who is seeking healing in Christian Science is going to take another important step—deny reality to the belief of disease or other inharmony that mortal mind is endeavoring to impose upon him. Obviously, one cannot intelligently deny evil's reality if he is unwilling to admit and affirm the oneness and allness of good. Referring to this, Mary Baker Eddy writes in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 400), "Mortals obtain the harmony of health, only as they forsake discord, acknowledge the supremacy of divine Mind, and abandon their material beliefs." And she adds. "By lifting thought above error, or disease, and contending persistently for truth, you destroy error."

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