In
Christian Science we learn that there is one Principle and one idea; one cause, and one creation as effect of this cause; that God, good, is Principle or cause, and that the universe and man are the idea or creation of Spirit, Life, Truth, Love, Mind.
When
the light of Truth strikes upon a man's consciousness for the first time, showing up in evil's own colors the belief in the attractiveness of sin, a strong revulsion occurs, and the abhorrence of all unlike itself which Truth engenders is so intense that a general purification of character necessarily results.
The
old-time message of Christianity is repeated in Christian Science: "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Our clerical critic, as reported in your columns, took exception in a recent sermon to what he assumed were the teachings of Christian Science; but the fact is that Christian Scientists would heartily condemn the very things this gentleman condemns, for they have no place in the teachings or practice of Christian Science.
Christian Science claims that the teachings of Jesus are applicable not only to the time in which he lived, but to all time, as he indicated by his declaration: "My words shall not pass away.
If there is one thing that Christian Science is doing, it is lifting people out of the quicksands of superstition and ignorance, and placing them on the firm ground of understanding.
