Christian Science is the same as primitive Christianity, and is different from every other metaphysical system. People of the most diverse opinions, religionists differing widely in their beliefs, Christians formerly irreconcilable on points of doctrine, Jew and Gentile who once thought there was no possibility of their ever coming together on a common platform,—all these have accepted Christian Science, finding that differences vanish completely in their unity of spiritual understanding. All have had revealed to them the same absolute or fundamental truths of being; all have been taught to distinguish between the real and the unreal; and thus have learned how to overcome sin, to destroy sickness, and to gain a greater measure of peace and harmony than they had ever experienced before. Those who have become Christian Scientists, in the true sense of the words, stand on common ground, differing not at all from each other on what pertains to God and His creation.
When any one approaches Christian Science for the first time he must, of necessity, do so from some particular angle. That is to say, he will inquire as to what it teaches, and as to how it differs from or approximates the beliefs he holds. He probably desires to know, especially, whether it is in conformity with the teaching of Christ Jesus, the Founder of Christianity, and if the healings which are done through a knowledge of Christian Science result from the same spiritual understanding as was possessed by the Galilean Prophet.
It will be remembered that the Master pointed to the miracles, to the signs or wonders which he wrought, as proof of his Messiah-ship, as proof of the activity of the Christ. It was to these miracles he drew the attention of the two disciples of John the Baptist who had been sent to him by John to ask, "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?" For "Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them." The healings which Christ Jesus performed testified to the truth he revealed about God and God's creation, and also with regard to the belief of evil which he characterized as unreal, when he called it "a liar, and the father of it," thus exposing its altogether fraudulent nature.
