Article June 22, 1957 Issue

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND THE RESEARCH WORKER

GORDON SHARP DOUGLAS

Many naturalists, astronomers, and other physical scientists have been deeply impressed by the existence in nature of a sense of orderliness and of evidence of obedience to invariable law. Some of these students of nature have at least glimpsed the fact that the existence of order and invariable law requires the existence of a governing Principle, or Mind. However, the full significance of law and order was not revealed until the advent of Christian Science.

Mary Baker Eddy defines God by seven synonyms which express His nature and wholeness. Answering the question, "What is God?" she says (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 465), "God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love."

It is to be noted that one of these synonyms is Principle. Since God is divine Principle, His universe is the effect of Principle, the perfect cause, and obviously must be orderly and obedient to law. Therefore order and invariable good are entirely natural and to be expected, because chaos and disorder are no more real than a mirage. Furthermore, since God is Mind as well as Principle, God's laws are intelligent and understandable rather than confusing and obscure.

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