THERE is in mortals an inherent desire to be free. Everyone sooner or later finds himself in bondage to some form of discord or limitation which, perhaps, he considers difficult to overcome, and from which he earnestly seeks release. In his endeavor to gain freedom from vexing problems he may have adhered to many theories and exhausted numerous material remedies. As one after another of these is applied with no permanent relief and his faith and hope in them fail, he may think, in a spirit of discouragement, that his case is hopeless, his suffering inevitable, and that his only course is to endure grimly to the end.
To those who are struggling in this sea of erroneous, material thinking, Christian Science comes with the assurance that the Christ, Truth, is present to save and to heal. Being founded on the Scriptures, it points with authority to the Biblical facts and promises as provable today. The student of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, soon discovers that the Bible passages which formerly seemed to him confusing, and even illogical, are now fraught with a new meaning that brings him hope, peace, and courage. Perhaps he feels for the first time the loving, joyous presence of the power of God and the dawning sense of man's spiritual dominion.
Christian Science reveals the truth about God, man, and the universe. It declares that God is infinite divine Mind, the only power, presence, and intelligence, and that since His nature is good, goodness is everywhere. Evil, then, which claims to be an entity opposed to good, is false and without any real existence. It seems to have presence and power only in a consciousness as yet ignorant of God's allness and supremacy. The understanding of the infinitude of divine Mind must eventually awaken every mortal to proclaim and prove real liberty to be at hand. This understanding is destined to free mankind from fear, hatred, sin, sickness, and death—all discord—and bring to it the glorious realization of the ever-presence of God's kingdom of love and loving ideas as universal and permanent.
