It must be clear to every Christian Scientist that God's work is finished, and that it is good. With this understanding as a premise the logical conclusion must follow that He never made a mistake, never punished nor allowed His children to go astray so that some day He might gather them together again. A Christian Scientist understands God to be infinite Spirit, in which man lives and has his being. He sees no necessity for re-creation, alteration, or change, for all is spiritual, perfect, and harmonious.
Mrs. Eddy reasoned on it clearly when she said, "Allness is the measure of the infinite, and nothing less can express God" (Science and Health, p. 336). On this vantage point stands the Christian Scientist, unshaken and unmoved midst the testimony of the material senses that suggest material activity. The senses would have us believe that creation is going on every moment. The student is warned in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," on page 195, "The point for each one to decide is, whether it is mortal mind or immortal Mind that is causative." The wise one considers very carefully before concluding whether it is the hand of God or mortal mind that clamors for attention in these latter days.
The Christian Scientist dwelling "in the secret place of the most High" finds himself already in heaven. Mrs. Eddy has stated in terms unmistakable that Christ never left us, and in the Glossary of Science and Health (p. 592) defines the "New Jerusalem" as, "Divine Science; the spiritual facts and harmony of the universe; the kingdom of heaven, or reign of harmony." The "Children of Israel" she defines thus (Science and Health, p. 583): "The representatives of Soul, not corporeal sense; the offspring of Spirit, who, having wrestled with error, sin, and sense, are governed by divine Science; some of the ideas of God beheld as men, casting out error and healing the sick; Christ's offspring."
