IT is a marvelous fact to contemplate that notwithstanding all the material senses seem to tell us of decay we are living now in a universe of perpetual freshness, a universe of perpetual freshness because it is a perfect universe. How are we able to say this? We can do so because through Christian Science we know that the real universe or creation is the reflection of God. God is infinite and perfect Mind. The universe including man is Mind's idea, image, or reflection. Therefore the universe including man is infinite and perfect. Nothing can alter the truth of the perfection of God and His creation; nothing can alter the truth about God's eternal goodness and creation's eternal freshness and loveliness.
The value of the truth of the perfection of God and His creation is beyond all human computation. Think of what appears to happen as mankind continues to believe in the reality of matter and evil! But one thing can seem to result from such believing, namely, suffering, sorrow, sin, disease, death—all manner of in-harmony. This is the state in which mankind seems to find itself, a state, however, which ceases to seem to be as mankind awakens from the illusion that matter and evil are real, through the understanding which Christian Science gives of the nature of God as infinite Mind or Spirit, infinite good, and of His creation as spiritual and perfect. It is the mission of Christian Science to bring to all mankind the absolute truth of being, in order that the entirely erroneous nature of material sense, with its apparent discord, may be made known, and human eyes opened to the glories of God's perfect universe.
When we have perceived the perfect nature of God's creation and the unreal nature of the material concept of creation, what should happen? We should make the effort to break away from the false material sense of things by dwelling in thought on the immortal truths of being. True existence is always lovely, always fresh. There is no trace of age in real being, no trace of decay there. Can anyone doubt what must occur as truths such as these are allowed to occupy thought? Mrs. Eddy writes (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 246):"Life and goodness are immortal. Let us then shape our views of existence into loveliness, freshness, and continuity, rather than into age and blight." Then it is possible so to live that loveliness and freshness shall be ours, not age and blight.
