Editorial December 12, 1977 Issue

Developing the Might of Science

Geoffrey J. Barratt

Sometimes people may feel they've come to a roadblock in their understanding and proving of Christian Science. Some people, too, may believe that Christian Science is a spent force or that humanity's general development in natural science, technology, medicine, has rendered it rather out of date. Christian Science is the evidence of immortal Truth expressing itself to mankind in the most direct, efficient, understandable way. It is never, then, Christian Science that is spent. But perhaps our spiritual sense has been neglected, or maybe it has never really been cultivated. In such a case we need a substantial change of base. Mary Baker Eddy points out, "To develop the full might of this Science, the discords of corporeal sense must yield to the harmony of spiritual sense, even as the science of music corrects false tones and gives sweet concord to sound."^{Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. viii;}

To continue along the road of spiritual growth we need to continuingly check our standpoint. Are we letting ourselves be waylaid by the supposed "discords of corporeal sense"? Are we yielding to "the harmony of spiritual sense" or fighting off spiritual sense because we believe its demands are too hard? We battle less—and demonstrate Science more—as we cultivate spiritual sense and listen to what it tells us of Spirit, rather than think we're mortals encased in matter and faced with an awesome struggle to get out.

What is spiritual sense? Mrs. Eddy gives us this succinct statement: "Spiritual sense is a conscious, constant capacity to understand God."^{ibid., p. 209;}