Article August 28, 1954 Issue

EDUCATION: "THE GROWTH OF MORTAL MIND OUT OF ITSELF"

WILLIAM CURTIS MESSNER, JR.

For each student of Christian Science, education is continuous and encompasses every phase of human experience. Paul admonished (Phil. 2:5), "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." And Mary Baker Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 195): "Academics of the right sort are requisite. Observation, invention, study, and original thought are expansive and should promote the growth of mortal mind out of itself, out of all that is mortal."

These two statements furnish a key to the motive, standpoint, procedure, and result for the one seeking to let his academic work be a Christian Science demonstration. Implicit in both statements is the motivation for bringing out concretely in experience the spiritual facts regarding God and man, His image and likeness.

In scholastic work the correct concept of mind is crucial, for it provides the standpoint from which to proceed. Christian Science reveals Mind to be God, the omniscient Being, who comprehends, forms, relates, retains, and orders reality. Man is the reflection of Mind; he is the complete expression of perfectly operative divine intelligence. Christian Science gives us those views of God and man, and those rules of right thinking, which enable us in our academic study to "promote the growth of mortal mind out of itself."

Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.

Send a comment to the editors
NEXT IN THIS ISSUE
Article
HEALED FOREVER
August 28, 1954
Contents

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit