We
are privileged to print the following letter, recently received by the managing editor of The Christian Science Monitor from a friend on the Pacific coast.
Pondering
the promise of supply so well illustrated by our Master, as given in the sixth chapter of Matthew's Gospel, I was recently impressed by the simile in a way which to me was new and beautiful.
It
is interesting to note how constantly Jesus based his teaching upon the objects which surrounded him at the time he was instructing either his disciples or the multitude,—the fowls of the air, the flowers of the field, the wind, the sea, all in their turn served as illustrations to convey his meaning.
It
has long been my desire to send something to our periodicals which should in some measure express my appreciation and gratitude for the good that Christian Science has brought into my life, and it occurred to me to give one day's experience.
To
the Christian Scientist this query is quite sure to present itself, sooner or later; to wit, If evil is unreal, and has no power, why should it be necessary to guard against its supposed reality?
The Bible teaches that man was made good, that everything which God created was good, and that there was nothing which He did not create; that sin, disease, and all other ills are illusions, the outcome of a false sense; that Christ Jesus came to save us by showing us how to rise above these illusions, and that he promised that those who believed on him should heal as he had healed.
With regard to the unreality of sin and death, Christian Science teaches emphatically and proves that these things are not true; further, that our belief in them is all the reality they can ever have.
