Thousands of Christian Scientists will unhesitatingly say that all kinds of sickness and sin have been overcome by an understanding of the absolute fact that God, the only creator, never made them, and that therefore they can have no more reality or power than erroneous belief gives them.
A LARGER
sense of what rightly constitutes the true idea of relief has been gradually but surely unfolded to humanity through the activities of the Christian Science War Relief rooms, through which splendid work was accomplished all over the United States of America, France, and the United Kingdom.
THE
availability of the presence and power of God as understood through the teachings of Christian Science has been experienced many times by the writer, and when earnestly and honestly relied upon has never failed of proof.
TWO
definitions of the verb "realize," which seem to express most clearly the scientific viewpoint are, "To comprehend completely," and, "To bring home to one's own experience.
The
belief that God's law operates as a material law of nature, and that God at infrequent intervals sets aside this law when some special proof of His power becomes necessary to teach mankind a needed lesson, has never helped humanity to have faith in God.
"When I reflect upon my experiences as a member of the Expeditionary Forces in France, there comes into my thought this statement from Science and Health.
I read with much interest the sermon in which a rector is reported to have expressed his earnest desire that the Christ-healing would be understood by his church, and recommended it to follow the Master's twofold injunction, "Preach the gospel" and "Heal the sick.
