One
of the leading postulates of Christian Science being that good alone is real, it necessarily follows that this religion teaches the unreality and nothingness of evil.
There
is perhaps no statement in Science and Health of greater importance to its students than the definition of salvation given on page 593, which reads as follows: "Life, Truth, and Love understood and demonstrated as supreme over all; sin, sickness, and death destroyed.
It
is a strange commentary upon the preaching of the gospel to which men have listened for centuries, that today the world seems far from the fraternity which should be the fruit of all this endeavor and the logical outcome of the Christianity epitomized by Christ Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount.
It
is admitted by all earnest students of Christian Science that in order to progress they must cast out of their consciousness whatever is unlike God.
While
the generous contributions of Christian Scientists in this country for the relief of their brethren—and non-Scientists as well—in Europe have enabled the committees appointed to distribute the fund to alleviate the prevailing distress, the need for assistance is still apparent.
The
teaching of Christian Science begets a new and most significant sense of the greatness of man, of the Christlikeness of his nature, the richness of his endowments, the relatively unlimited range of his appointed rule.
It
is of the utmost importance to all students of Christian Science that they ponder the question of their own progress and watch carefully their thoughts, words, and deeds, in order to see whether they are advancing toward a fuller realization of the kingdom of God, with its perfect harmony.
For
ages mankind has believed that evil is real and always impending, and in this belief is the foundation for the fears which so largely influence the thought and actions of humanity.
There
is great difference of opinion respecting the value of iconoclasm, or image-breaking; and well there may be, since so much that is classed in this way is destructive to the good in human consciousness as well as to the bad.