Article March 20, 1995 Issue

Giving up the old for the new

Original in German

Wilhelm Kirchhoff

We are being confronted with new developments every day. Newspapers as well as radio and television programs are constantly reporting on innovations and improvements in all areas of life. And who wouldn't want to improve his or her living conditions—to exchange the old for the new?

There are of course, people who hold on to the old, who do not wish to part either with old habits or with old things, who reject almost anything new. Those who are sick or suffering, however, are surely quick to accept something new if it frees them from their difficulties. Christian Science, which is both new and old, can help them, for many thousands have experienced its healing effectiveness. They've been healed of sickness and sin, led out of difficulties, and have gained health and harmony.

Christian Science is "old" in that its message of God's love for man is based on the Bible. It applies the divine Principle upon which Christ Jesus' healings were based. It is "new" because its Science was discovered in the last century by a woman named Mary Baker Eddy. Her book Science and Health enables anyone who studies it to prove that this Principle still brings about healing through the prayer of understanding. In order to pray effectively, we have to give up our old views about God and His creation—give up belief in a punitive God and in a material universe—and exchange them for a true concept of God, who is only good, and of His perfect creation.

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