CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS recognize Jesus Christ as the Truth made manifest in the flesh. He said, " I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Then if I point you to him as the Way, I am but repeating his words, and asking you to consider all of his words as Truth, taking his healing of both sin and sickness as leading to the Father. The command given to his disciples in Mark xvi. 15-20, and not only to his disciples, but to all who should believe, has never been annulled.
The word translated believe means understanding in the Greek (see Young's Analytical Concordance). Now if we are seeking Truth, we shall come to understand, not only in an intellectual way, but to realize it. Christian Science is the realization of the presence and power of God, Good, and if He is realized as always present, can there be any other power with us? In order to realize this, we must first be willing to put away our educated and traditional opinions, brush from our eyes the dust of the ages. The fact that many men of note, lights in the ecclesiastical and scientific world, have not embraced our view of Truth, need not discourage us for we have His Word: " For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, etc. 1st Cor. i. 26, 27, 28, 29. Please turn to those verses and read. So then " if God be for us, who can be against us? "
When I first came to know of Christian Science, and the difference between it and the received theology became apparent, the words of Gamaliel to the Council came to me. Acts v. 34–39. Closely following it for eight years, with an eye open to perceive the Truth, I can now say as Jesus said to John's disciples when he sent them, asking, "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?" Matt. xi. 3, 4, 5, 6.
