At a time when medical immunization against an array of diseases is being urged in many communities, the Christian Scientist is challenged to define his own basis for immunity from disease.
It is recorded in the Bible that when God told Moses he was the chosen one to deliver the children of Israel out of Egypt, Moses had great fear of his inability.
Perhaps the most nagging fear that comes to a student's thought is that his qualifications for college work, as well as his preparation for examinations, have been inadequate.
What a fallacy it is that man, made in the eternal likeness of an eternal God, can fade into old age, decrepitude, and death! Rather, the fears and illusions of the physical senses should weaken and die out as one advances in the understanding of Christian Science.
A fundamental concept in the healing practice of Christian Science is that thought controls body and that one is dealing primarily with mental conditions rather than physical.
Emma E. Stryker
with contributions from Ernest I. Lenton
More than forty years ago I was given up by doctors after having had one major operation and being told it was necessary to have another if I wanted to live.
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