Editorial August 25, 1986 Issue

The redeeming Christ—the educator of all

BARBARA-JEAN STINSON

Some people feel a university or college education is a necessity for the work they will do in the future. Others are able to acquire skills through vocational or other professional training. Still, everyone without exception has a need for what we might term a "higher" education—an education in the things of Spirit, God. This continual learning process is vital because it teaches God's supremacy and the divine laws that bring His goodness to light. Spiritual education reveals that man is God's spiritual likeness and shows how people can demonstrate the divine Principle of being, which spiritualizes and enriches their lives.

Students of Christian Science have found this education through the avenues their Church provides. Through regular individual study of the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings, including study of the weekly Bible Lessons;^{Found in the Christian Science Quarterly.} through Christian Science Sunday School teaching for children and young people; through church attendance and active membership, and through Primary class instruction in Christian Science and students association meetings, they gain an increasingly demonstrable understanding of the saving Christ, Truth.

We might wonder, though, how this understanding can come to those throughout the world who have no apparent way of knowing of the Science of Christ. The millions who are oppressed by tyranny, the refugees not yet resettled, and the people who live in the bleakest of circumstances—are they without any possibility of being freed from these evils?

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