Article January 7, 1956 Issue

THE RECEPTIVE HEART

MARTIN BROONES

The Science of Christianity revolutionizes our thinking. Like the science of mathematics, which cannot be made to conform to personal opinion or to anything less than its impersonal principle, so the Science of Christianity cannot be twisted or adapted to fit into any limited, human concept of God or man. This Science must be approached and accepted in a spirit of childlike humility, with an eager, receptive heart, if one would gain the divine inspiration which heals the sick and frees the sinner from his desire to sin.

We often hear a great deal about heart disease. Anyone coming under that belief—and Christian Science has proved that it is only a belief, and utterly without substance—would do well to ponder the definition of "heart" given by our divinely inspired Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in the Glossary of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 587): "Mortal feelings, motives, affections, joys, and sorrows."

Let the sufferer ask himself what "mortal feelings" he is entertaining; and when he finds any that are not Godlike, let him get rid of them as fast and as thoroughly as he can. This he does by the daily study of the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings and the application of the truths contained therein. These books make clear the method used by Jesus and his followers in healing the sick.

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