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of the slowest of the processes of development that take place after one has accepted the Principle of Christian Science as his rule in life, is usually that of attaining a normal attitude.
Far from "sweeping the entire universe of all material phenomena," Christian Science but urges the reasonableness of its conclusion that in the light of the spiritual teachings and facts of Scripture, the material universe about us is but a mortal, finite misconception of the spiritual, perfect creation recounted in the first chapter of Genesis, and pronounced, in the estimation of infinite wisdom, "very good.
By eliminating sin from the individual consciousness and inculcating a love of good, Christian Science is laying the axe at the root of disease, and so proving to be a powerful prophylatic.
The opposition shown to Christian Science by professed Christians of other denominations often springs from a belief that the teaching of Christian Science is contrary to that of the Bible.
It is often thought by those who do not understand the Science of spiritual healing, that healing the sick by any but material means cannot be done, and never has been done except by Jesus and his disciples, and because of that mistaken idea it is hard for them to believe that the sick can be healed to-day through Christian Science treatment.
