Editorial February 16, 1957 Issue

CLASS INSTRUCTION

Helen Wood Bauman

The educational system of Christian Science includes various branches. The Bible Lessons, outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly, the other periodicals, the lectures, the Sunday School, and the Normal and Primary classes were designed by Mary Baker Eddy to bring about a clear and demonstrable understanding of the Science she discovered. Every branch of education in Christian Science helps to lead human thought away from the limitations of material beliefs to the freedom of spiritual truths. Mrs. Eddy says in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 252), "The entire purpose of true education is to make one not only know the truth but live it—to make one enjoy doing right, make one not work in the sunshine and run away in the storm, but work midst clouds of wrong, injustice, envy, hate; and wait on God, the strong deliverer, who will reward righteousness and punish iniquity."

True education fits one for Christian living, for the ability to demonstrate Christliness and the power over evil which accompanies Christliness. One of the most important branches of Christian Science education is Primary class instruction. The relation of this branch to spiritual progress is emphasized in a statement by The Christian Science Board of Directors, published in the February, 1957, issue of The Christian Science Journal.

Class instruction, outlined in Articles XXVI and XXVII of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy, is designed to systematize the student's knowledge of the Science of Life and to bring inspiration to his study. Subsequent association meetings continue to supply him with both education and inspiration; they extend his knowledge of specific subjects and keep him up to date in his application of Science to the present needs. Class instruction fits the student to apply Christian Science in practical ways with greater assurance and success.

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