On this subject of "The Mission of Christian Science," there is so much to be said, that I can aim to give you, at this time, only the briefest outlines, with the hope that these may serve as an incentive to further interest and investigation hereafter.
There is a somewhat prevalent notion that Christian Scientists look upon the ills of this present sense of existence with lofty unconcern, and content themselves with saying, "There is nothing the matter with the world,—Good is everywhere, and the only reality, hence we need not trouble ourselves over the flimsy appearances of that which is not real." But this is a mistaken estimate. We are more than ever keenly alive to the needs of mankind,—the more so, because we believe that, through the understanding of Truth, as revealed in Christian Science, we have found the divine remedy for every ill that flesh is heir to.
This is not a Utopian claim, but a simple recognition of the Scriptural teaching, that these fleshly ills are the outcome either of dense ignorance, or of some misconception of Being, and that they may be, and are, dispelled, like mists of the morning, as the true idea supersedes the false. "Acquaint now thyself with God, and be at peace." "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." "Ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free." "This is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent."
