In
one of the popular dictionaries we find this definition: "Christianity is the spirit manifested by Jesus in his life, and which he commanded his followers to imitate.
After
having reached the conclusion that human existence was but "vanity and vexation of spirit," the wise Preacher of Israel thus earnestly addressed the rising generation of his time: "Remember now thy Creator in the day of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;.
Christian Science does not teach "the power of mind over matter" in the sense of human will-power being a healer, but it recognizes the power of divine Mind, God, over all His universe.
Christian Science is not the offspring of Swedenborg's teaching, as alleged by a critic, and much less can it be said to bear any relationship whatsoever to that of Mesmer.
Christian Science demands a lively faith, rising, through constant translation into works, into the higher planes of spiritual understanding and knowledge; and while it enforces calm and orderly habits of thought, it induces a mental activity of the highest quality.
