EVERY instance of the healing of sin or disease By Christian Science proves the truth of Mrs. Eddy's statement that "there is but one primal cause. Therefore there can be no effect from any other cause, and there can be no reality in aught which does not proceed from this great and only cause" (Science and Health, p. 207).
When evil is brought to the surface and destroyed by the scientific method of healing, this does not evidence that Christian Scientists are delving into the dark shadows of false belief, in order to discover evil's hidden ways and punish evil-doers: it evidences the rather that in their ascending path of progress divine Truth and Love has flooded consciousness to the extent that there is no room left for the lurking lie of evil, and hence it is displaced and dispelled by the loving, healing activities of divine Mind. This should relieve the tendency to judge and condemn others, or to pity self, since this influx of Truth and Love brings blessings and pardon for all. Said Paul, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus:" and this is quite as true today as it was so many centuries ago when the apostle wrote that splendid epistle to the Romans.
Divine Love is so mighty that none can resist its salvation nor stay its power, but divine Love never condemns, never causes any one to suffer. We suffer only when we indulge the belief that there is power apart from Love, and even this belief must soon perish before the ever-growing light of Truth. A Christian Science practitioner should therefore, in every case, approach his patient with the utmost compassion. While it is true that suffering is the result of fear, ignorance, or sin, it is equally true that we cannot destroy scientifically any ill after acknowledging that it has a real cause. It is the realization that disease has neither substance nor cause which heals the patient.
