"Truth makes a new creation." Christian healing rightly understood is "the transforming by the renewing of the mind " as Paul expresses it. Science and Health affirms No man is healed in or by sin any more than he is morally saved in or by sin. To be every whit whole, he must be better spiritually, as well as physically."
Let us consider a case which has come to hand, no doubt, with the average of students who are worthy Christian Scientists, and loyal in every particular. A sufferer applies for help, rejoices in relief given and shows great interest in the Truth which has set him free; thus far. But there comes a test-point which involves sacrifice, and he is not ready to make it; then pains increase, and he wonders that help does not come so as to make him " well " at once to go on in all the old forms of belief, having "a good time," as it is called. Then it is discovered that Truth has been sought only for what ease it may bring, soon, the faithful practitioner is dismissed, and another not so scrupulous called who appears to heal the patient at once. Then he is oh, so happy! What have been the later developments in such cases? Invariably it will be found, they drop reading Science and Health turn away from its advocates, and on the next occasion of temptation, resort to material agencies,—in the language of Scripture "A dog having returned unto his own vomit!" It should be remembered that Science proves the fact that every so-called disease, said to have been healed by any other agency than Divine Science, is work to be all done over again, and the errors of sense-beliefs are to be destroyed by spiritual understanding.—
