It is a fundamental teaching of Christian Science that the mortal belief in evil is not to be indulged, and that it should not be ignored. Evil must be recognized as such, and it must be dealt with intelligently. The commonly accepted view of evil has not accomplished its destruction, neither has this view delivered those who were in bondage.
It seems to be the natural inclination of mortal man to ignore his own errors and to magnify the shortcomings of others. If in his own estimation he gains when comparing himself with others, he has but put off the day of reckoning when he must come face to face with his errors of belief and enter upon the great task of working out his own salvation.
The wise man said: "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." Here is outlined the only right method of practice. The error which is covered up, excused, or justified, is not destroyed; but when error is recognized and forsaken, one is no longer in bondage to evil, but rejoices in the conscious possession of good and the freedom it confers.
