Article September 5, 1994 Issue

There are answers

Joyce Nancy Moss

When I was a schoolgirl, I once covered sheets of paper in figures in an attempt to work out correctly a mathematical problem according to the answer given in the back of the book. But I could not reconcile my work to it. Next day, the class was told that the printed answer was incorrect! To come up with such an answer, either the principle of mathematics would have had to be improperly applied, or else the textbook publisher had employed a careless proofreader.

We are all taught to trust the principle of mathematics, and though the student may misapply or misunderstand a particular rule, the principle itself is certain. The textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, brings out the fact that God is the divine Principle of man, a concept of God that I especially welcomed when I first began to study the book. Principle can never fail, I learned. It governed me, as God's image. Principle blesses man because of its unvarying, immovable, ever-present nature as good itself. Science and Health adheres strictly to Principle in its exposition of divine Science, and the last chapter at the back of this book answers to the efficacy of Christian Science with healings experienced by many people simply through reading the book.

Years ago, seeing the financial plight my husband and I were experiencing early in our marriage, a relative told us he'd been looking into Christian Science and suggested we read the textbook. This book proved to be the answer of Truth for us. Our focus on calculations (over pennies rather than math figures) lessened before the spiritual ideas we were reading about. A load of fear about the immediate future lifted. Thought was being loosened from limitation. We began to accept the possibilities of divine Love's provision, and consequently our needs began to be met in various ways. For example, a basket of fruit and vegetables was placed at our door one day when we had nothing in the larder. Another time our toddler, suffering from measles (diagnosed by a doctor), was completely healed overnight through Christian Science.

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