Editorial October 17, 1964 Issue

Working for the Disappearance of Death

Carl J. Welz

Life is God, eternal Spirit. This Life is the only Soul of man. To think of one's soul as conscious of matter and enjoying material ease is sin. It results in the loss of what one believes his soul to be. In other words, sin results in death.

Among the parables with which Christ Jesus taught is the one of the man whose only concern was the accumulation of material wealth. And the man said to himself (Luke 12:19), "I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry." And the parable continues: "But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

Medical science strives to postpone death. Scholastic theology seeks to save the soul before it passes through the portal of death into eternity. Christian Science teaches that Soul is God, which never dies. The soul that is "required" of one is the material sense of life, which is false. On page 427 of Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy writes, "Death is but another phase of the dream that existence can be material." Through the study and application of Christian Science, we learn how to wake from this dream.

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