The
alert Christian Scientist, who knows that Spirit, divine Mind, is the only source of good, is not likely to be fooled by the belief that indulgence in materiality or sin can benefit him in some way.
In
the definition of God on page 587 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy gives to the world such a complete, satisfying concept of Him that all who study it desire to understand Him better, walk more closely with Him, and be obedient to His laws.
The
human Jesus companioned with mortals for only a few brief years, but the eternal Christ exists forever as the divine idea of God, calling mankind to awaken from the fleshly dream and to realize man's God-given heritage of freedom, dominion, and power.
"If
You wish to know the spiritual fact, you can discover it by reversing the material fable, be the fable pro or con,—be it in accord with your preconceptions or utterly contrary to them.
When
Mary Baker Eddy was apparently passing on as the result of an accident, she asked for her Bible, and while reading the account of the restoration to health of the palsied man by Jesus she was instantaneously healed.
