Article September 28, 1957 Issue

RESTORATION

KATE HOLLAND PATTON

Restoration and renewal of body come through restoration of thought. Restoration appears not through a process of rejuvenation of matter, but through seeing only the real man, the creation of Spirit, who has always existed and whom God pronounced good.

In "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" Mary Baker Eddy writes (p. 218), "Neither the Old nor the New Testament furnishes reasons or examples for the destruction of the human body, but for its restoration to life and health as the scientific proof of 'God with us.'" Surely such a statement opens to every student of Christian Science fresh vistas of good to be gained from reliance on God's power.

One dictionary definition of the word "restoration" is "renewal." The student realizes that renewal comes through centering thought not on the human body and its physical aspects, but on right mental activity. As thought is set free through higher and purer views, then is the body set free. When clogging, obstructive beliefs of mortal mind are eliminated, restoration is experienced, and good health becomes the rule.

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