Article September 23, 1967 Issue

Scientific Consistency

MARION LOUISE MACDONALD

To be consistently good in thought and action may seem difficult, yet Christian Science declares that it is possible and is in truth the natural state of God's man. An individual may feel that he is living in a world where evil as well as good is active and quite often predominates in his affairs, causing sickness, sin, and lack of every kind. Through the study and practice of Christian Science this same individual finds that what he once believed true is no longer the case. In the degree that he learns to discard inconsistent modes of thought and action and practices scientifically consistent right thinking, he brings the law of God into operation in his life with harmonious effects.

The student of Christian Science learns early in his study of divine metaphysics that, as Mrs. Eddy states, "The starting-point of divine Science is that God, Spirit, is All-in-all, and that there is no other might nor Mind,—that God is Love, and therefore He is divine Principle."^{Science and Health, p. 275;}

This Science teaches the student what God is and what man is as His image and likeness. It reveals one infinite God, who is consistent in His own nature. Being infinite Mind, He includes all intelligence and wisdom. As infinite Love, God is the Father and Mother of His spiritual ideas, tenderly caring for them. As infinite Truth, He is spiritual reality. As infinite Life, He animates all His creation. Infinite Soul knows only harmony, beauty, and bliss. Infinite Spirit is the substance of all things. God, divine Principle, is the source of divine law, governing the universe and man in eternal righteousness.

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