The Scriptural proclamation in the first chapter of Genesis, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good," simply and clearly presents the truth of creation—God, good, having no unlikeness, and everywhere expressed. Christian Science accepts this view of creation in its entirety and without equivocation, although it is the one most remote from common acceptance, for men are inclined to the belief that God knows and permits evil, that the universe including man is a combination of matter and Spirit, and that harmony and inharmony are equally real. This view of a divided kingdom, in which Mind is subject to matter, is the mesmeric mist of mortal conjecture that hides reality, and from it comes every ill that claims to prey upon mankind, including the pestilence of hate and fear.
But while evil apes the universality of good and calls itself a world calamity, it is still an illusion, a false sense of a supposititious creation existing somewhere outside the infinity of God's creation, and the spiritual fact remains that none of it is true. In the realm of the real, in the universe of Mind, where all true being dwells, there is harmony, there is no discord, nothing that needs to be healed or adjusted, condemned or saved, and certainly no war with its devastating effects.
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes on page 492 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "These two contradictory theories— that matter is something, or that all is Mind—will dispute the ground, until one is acknowledged to be the victor." And she adds: "All is Mind and Mind's idea. You must fight it out on this line. Matter can afford you no aid." This basic rule for the adjustment of all human difficulty was glimpsed by Jacob in a vision as he slept beside the brook Jabbok. He saw that there must be a separation in his consciousness between good and evil; that he must hold to the one, and part with the other. Discerning his own spiritual need, he wrestled with evil suggestions within himself, and as he held fast to the holy inspiration or thought of God that came to aid him in his struggle, his victory was won. The light of Truth broke upon his darkened sense. Good became the only reality to him, and his thought rose from earth to heaven.
