Christian Science may make its initial appeal to the ordinary man largely as a system of mental healing—little different from systems of positive thinking.
"Sickness is the schoolmaster, leading you to Christ; first to faith in Christ; next to belief in God as omnipotent; and finally to the understanding of God and man in Christian Science, whereby you learn that God is good, and in Science man is His likeness, the forever reflection of goodness.
"And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Many individuals are following the fingerposts Christian Science sets up along the road to spiritual healing, and are thus being restored to normal life and usefulness.
