There is a sentence on page 494 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," which is used as an inscription on the walls of many Christian Science church edifices, and which has brought help and encouragement to unnumbered persons. This sentence, written by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, is as follows: "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need."
Some young students of Christian Science may have wondered how, or in what way, divine Love meets human needs, since it is conscious only of its own perfection and the perfection of its creation—man and the universe. It is obvious that a sense of need could not exist in infinite Mind, divine Love; nor could its spiritual creation know lack or incompleteness. Therefore, if need seems to exist, it can only be in what is called the human mind.
The question then arises, What is it that the human mind needs? The need of humanity is for healing, redemption, salvation. For example, one of the things from which humanity needs to be saved is fear. What is it that destroys fear? Consciousness of the ever-presence and omnipotence of Love. The Apostle John wrote (I John 4:18), "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear." Thus it is seen that divine Love, in which is no fear, revealing its allness through inspired writings, casts fear out of human consciousness and meets a crying need.
