To justify that only which is justifiable, this is the behest of Truth; to seek, without partiality of self-love or self-will, those thoughts and their resultant actions which have intrinsic justification, this is the Christ-standard.
Brought before Pilate, upon whose authority his fate appeared to depend, Jesus was concerned only with the justification of his spiritual selfhood. "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world," he told Pilate, "that I should bear witness unto the truth." As God's representative Jesus had continuously justified his sonship; his purpose, whereby he would justify it even to the overcoming of death and the grave, was about to be fulfilled. Jesus ever showed himself wholly unconcerned with the judgments of others, whatever their rank and position, unless they sought him in meekness or sincerity.
The followers of Mary Baker Eddy can hardly fail to realize that to bear witness to the truth, and to establish it in the heart of humanity, was the only justification which she sought. Moreover, she demanded no less of them. "Thus," she writes, "may each member of this church rise above the oft-repeated inquiry, What am I? to the scientific response: I am able to impart truth, health, and happiness, and this is my rock of salvation and my reason for existing" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 165).
