Article May 8, 2006 Issue

'To our dear fellow teachers'

with contributions from THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Thomas Black, Walter Jones, Nathan Talbot, Mary Trammell, Victor Westberg

The following letter from The Christian Science Board of Directors, dated January 20, 2006, was sent to all teachers of Christian Science. In the spirit of this week's issue on Christian Science class instruction, the Sentinel thought readers would enjoy it as an indication of the value and priority the Board places on the work of teaching the truth Mary Baker Eddy discovered.

We feel we cannot wait until our November meeting for all of us to move into action. So, we have been thinking a lot about you, and especially about what your work as a teacher of Christian Science means to the world. Simply, we feel it never, ever can be overestimated. It is one of the principal activities God impelled our Leader to provide for imparting divine Science to the world.

We've also been appreciating that divine Science itself never can be overestimated and never should be underestimated. It is the Second Coming—the Comforter Jesus promised,^{Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 55 .} the tender message of universal salvation. It is the "final revelation of the absolute divine Principle of scientific mental healing."^{Ibid., p. 107.} It is the leaven of Truth to the world.^{Ibid., p. 117 .} It literally is changing the entire universe.^{Ibid., p. 255 .} It uplifts human thought to Christ, and therefore it shapes history rather than being shaped by it.