Dear Journal: You seem like such a dear friend, coming to see me every month, that if I could lift the burden of some poor mortal, or condemn some error in the flesh, I feel that I should be doing work for the Master, and returning your service to me. Jesus says that if we pray in secret, God will reward us openly. The question, What is Christian Science? is answered in many ways, because it is an infinite subject, and belongs to the infinite manifestations of God to man. I answer it thus: Christian Science is God's blessing to His human children, raising them from beds of sickness and suffering, reclaiming the sinful, and restoring the peace of families. It goes forth with words of blessing throughout the length and breadth of the land, giving the cup of cold water in the name of the Master, blessing its enemies, praying and working for those who despitefully use its friends.
This is Christian Science, the Science of Christianity,—doing unto others as we would have others do to us. Surely we Scientists can verify our Master's word, "If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you." Ye Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Why stand ye all, and question among yourselves, "Have any of the rulers believed on him or her?" while God is using the weak things of the world to confound the mighty?
