Editorials

Would it not be wonderful to live in a realm of changeless beauty, to enjoy uninterrupted health, and to experience unalloyed happiness? The realm of God, or the kingdom of heaven, includes just such a prospect. When Christ Jesus healed the sick and reformed the sinner, he did so because he was aware of the heavenly harmony existing here and now as a state of consciousness.

On the great walls of the Extension of The Mother Church, to the right of the Readers' rostrum as one faces it, are inscribed statements based upon lines written by Mary Baker Eddy and found on page 270 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " As they appear on the walls they read: "If sin makes sinners, Truth and Love can unmake them.

In her book "Rudimental Divine Science" Mary Baker Eddy writes ( p. 9 ), "The spiritual power of a scientific, right thought, without a direct effort, an audible or even a mental argument, has oftentimes healed inveterate diseases.

At times the necessity of rededicating their lives to Christian Science is apparent to those who love Truth and realize the demand for continued inspiration if the Christ is to be revealed in its full power and glory. Often these times come when the threatening claims of evil need to be faced with renewed courage and their nothingness proved.

In the eleventh chapter of Genesis we read that at one time the people of the earth had one language and one speech. The Bible narrative records this fact and goes on to say, "And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

When the wonder and glory of the Christ in its measureless application to the needs of humanity dawned upon her spiritual and receptive consciousness, Mary Baker Eddy cherished the eager hope that her revelation and discovery would be immediately and universally accepted. She soon saw, however, that she was confronted with the tenacious and deeply rooted material beliefs of human beings individually and collectively and that the redemptive activity of the Christ would have to be gradual, governed and measured only by the spiritual receptivity of the individual.

There is never a moment when God is not All-in-all—all presence, all power, all knowledge. The spiritually-minded feel the presence of divine Love because they know that Love is ever present under all circumstances.

The approach of Christian Science to the subject of sin is both unique and effective. This Science, based as it is upon the perfection of God and man and the consequent falsity of the mortal sense of existence, undermines the very foundation of evil.

The Easter season brings to all Christian Scientists renewed gratitude, as well as a quickened appreciation of what the life and example of Christ Jesus mean to them. This is especially true as we come to understand better the significance of the Master's culminating triumph over all evil, as witnessed in his crucifixion, his resurrection, and his ascension.

Life does not come and go, for Life is God, and every living thing exists in Life, witnessing to an eternally conscious creator. Christian Science reveals the continuing presence of all that actually lives.