Article March 6, 1965 Issue

Bob Learns How Christian Science Heals

[Of Special Interest to Juniors]

DOROTHY H. JONES

The first time Bob attended a Christian Science Sunday School, the teacher read to the class from the first chapter of Genesis (verse 31). "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."

She explained that this referred to the scientific creation—the only creation—and that because God has created only good, there is no evil. Whatever seems to be evil, she added, is error, an illusion. She then gave the class several examples of illusions, such as mirages in the desert and railroad tracks that seem to come to a point in the distance.

Bob didn't understand all of this, but his teacher pointed out that it is important for Christian Scientists to understand this clearly because it enables them to heal themselves and others, and it helps them to worship God, Spirit, more completely. She also explained that it was the unshakable knowledge of God's good and perfect universe, that enabled Christ Jesus to heal the errors, the sin, disease, and death, of those around him.

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