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Christianity is Science, and Science is Demonstrable
Originally published in the 1908 pamphlet “Christianity is science, and Science is Demonstrable”
THE subject of Christian Science is fairly before the people to-day, and is being investigated and tested in every conceivable way. It is passing through the ordeal of scrutiny imposed upon each and every unfolding germ of truth. "Is it of God?" "Is it reasonable?" "Does it accomplish anything in meeting the general need of humankind?" These are among the queries that greet every "new departure" heavenward, and when applied to Christian Science they are answered with emphatic affirmation by those best qualified to know whereof they speak.
The object of the following brief discussion is to present Christian Science in the light of a practical religion and remedy, showing it to be at once true Christianity and true Science, and that these two constitute one intelligible, demonstrable exposition of the nature, purposes, and works of God. If humanity had no sense of loss, or lack, or limitation, no experiences of dire destruction or distress, there were no need of a remedy. If the reign of health and righteousness and peace were consciously established in the experience of the people to-day, there were no room for further redemption and no use for the continued offices of a redeemer; but such is not the case, and we are not content "to bear those ills we have," any more than we are to "fly to others that we know not of." An instinctive impulse in the heart of man protests against the heritage of evil entailed upon the race of Adam, and either beats its hopeless wings against the boundaries of its objectionable environment or industriously occupies its time in a more or less intelligent effort to escape. More than this, we have as a race reached a point in progress where we are no better satisfied with a negative good than we are with a positive ill. Through a still diviner discontent, we object to a merely indifferent and passive sense of existence,—a life lived from day to day,—simply to breathe or to tread the narrow round of physical existence. A life lived within itself and for itself alone, however exempt from pain and sorrow and loss it may be, soon condemns itself.
Christ Jesus expounded and exemplified a life that meant power, authority, dominion over the flesh. It was not after the storm had subsided, but in the very midst of its fury that he said, "Peace, be still," and there was a great calm. He did not wait for the ascension before declaring, "I have overcome the world." In view of these assurances of man's God-given dominion over all material elements and conditions, illustrated by what has actually occurred, it will never be found that man can be content with anything less than the conscious possession and exercise of a life that is in perfect consonance with absolute good.
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