MRS. EDDY, in quoting Jesus' message to John the Baptist, as given by Luke, "Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached," added the following sentence (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 27):"In other words: Tell John what the demonstration of divine power is, and he will at once perceive that God is the power in the Messianic work."
Jesus of Nazareth was undoubtedly the greatest preacher the world has known, his distinguishing greatness being that "his word was with power." The gospel which the Founder of Christianity thus proclaimed so effectively is essentially unchanged, and the value of Christian preaching to-day must therefore be measured by the same results.
On page 345 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes: "When the omnipotence of God is preached and His absoluteness is set forth, Christian sermons will heal the sick." It is significant to add that healing is not infrequent at the services of Christian Science churches, where the Lesson-Sermons consist solely of selections from the Bible and from the Christian Science textbook, from which the above sentence is taken. The ills of humanity are not indigenous to this age more than to any other, and there is no reason why they should not give way before the truth, understood and taught, as readily as in the days of Christ Jesus.'
