The so-called mystery of evil has seemingly baffled theologians and philosophers of all schools and in all ages, yet it is evident that the most mystifying phase of the whole gigantic problem has been, after all, the apparently incomprehensible simplicity of fundamental good.
The ordinary argument against Christian Science is that it is contrary to the evidence of the senses, opposed to common sense, or, as it was put the other day, "a denial of facts which common sense is accustomed to regard as obviously real and self-existent.
When
our desire for Truth is supreme and we turn steadfastly away from the material, a new heaven and a new earth is revealed to us as "in the beginning;" and to every such honest seeker God says, "Let there be light," and there is light.
When
the writer was searching in the old theology for a clearer and nearer sense of God, and the ability to realize more of the practical truth of Jesus' words as recorded in the gospels, she was greatly impressed one day by the behavior of a dear little girl of her acquaintance, the daughter of a minister of the town, who was known to many as cherishing a very strong affection for her father, almost to the exclusion of the other members of the family.
In
accordance with the democratic form of government of all Christian Science churches, it is the custom of the board of directors of a branch church to confer with the members on all matters of importance relative to the welfare of the cause, and to solicit their intelligent cooperation in many important matters.
The
wisdom of safeguarding one's mentality, of excluding from it whatever would defile, is apparent from the fact that to the extent one is thinking good he is immune from evil.
