Spiritual things must of necessity be considered wholly from a spiritual basis, for since the material, corporeal, mortal, or temporal have no part in the spiritual and can in no way express Spirit, it is at once obvious that a discussion of the spiritual cannot involve a consideration of the material.
It happens that there is in the New Testament a definition of a Christian upon which all can agree and concerning which none can dispute, since it is the definition given by the Founder of the Christian religion.
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.
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.
