Editorial July 6, 1957 Issue

WORKING WITH CERTAINTY

Helen Wood Bauman

When Christ Jesus said (John 8:32), "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," he was indicating not only that there is a truth to know, but that there is an assurance of freedom from error by one's knowing that truth. He did not say that the healer will make us free, but that the truth will do so.

The truth, as Christian Science reveals it, includes such facts as these: that God is All; that He is absolute good; that He is supreme; and that man is spiritual, the likeness of God, inseparable from and governed by Him.

It is easier for one to declare these truths and to feel certain of their verity than it is to be confident that they will free him or his patient from any plaguing inharmony. But Mary Baker Eddy, who healed with great success, says in her Message to The Mother Church for 1901 (p. 2), "Absolute certainty in the practice of divine metaphysics constitutes its utility, since it has a divine and demonstrable Principle and rule—if some fall short of Truth, others will attain it, and these are they who will adhere to it."

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