The
fact that man has dwelt forever an idea in Mind, expressing the irrevocable nature of permanence and continuity, is the teaching of Christian Science.
On
pages 82 and 83 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy writes, "In a world of sin and sensuality hastening to a greater development of power, it is wise earnestly to consider whether it is the human mind or the divine Mind which is influencing one.
In
the situation that exists at present, one seeking to meet even the simplest needs is confronted by the belief that there is a shortage of the article or commodity desired.
Among
mankind in general, Christian Science is still known chiefly, no doubt, for its healing of the sick; and its achievements in that field are more and more widely acknowledged.
"Wisdom
," so the proverb reads, "is the principal thing," and this statement would seem to be confirmed by the experience of those who have undertaken to live and to demonstrate Christian Science.
In
the ordinary human view, an individual may seem to be more or less isolated, shut off from the persons or things or the intelligence he needs, and therefore to be unequal to the tasks before him.