AN ever recurring problem with thoughtful men and women, and one seemingly not easy of solution, is the question, Can the evils now going on in the world, with their indescribable presentments of horror and misery, rightfully be ascribed to God? Whatever religionists of other creeds may offer, Christian Scientists unhesitatingly and unequivocally answer, "A thousand times, No!" And they are assured that their instant and emphatic denial of this mistaken sense of Deity is true, for the religious philosophy which has become a large part of their daily thinking makes any other answer quite impossible. They have come to think of God in such a way that an affirmative answer would seem blasphemous.
Many definitions of the Supreme Being are to be found in the Bible and in the literature of Christian Science, and these are useful in bringing various true concepts of the one God more clearly and permanently into our thought. Among these definitions are Spirit, Mind, divine Principle, Life, Truth, Love; and these describe the one true God just as truly as do the words omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence. They are not contradictory definitions but are strict synonyms.
" Mrs. Eddy says: "The divine Principle of the universe must interpret the universe. God is the divine Principle of all that represents Him and of all that really exists" (Science and Health, p. 272) . This leads us to consider Paul's statement that "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." Habakkuk says of God, "Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity." Christian Science rephrases the prophet's statement in the declaration that "to Truth there is no error, — all is Truth" (Science and Health, p. 475).
