On one occasion, according to the sixth chapter of Mark, Christ Jesus instructed his disciples to take a boat and go to Bethsaida. In the evening, when the boat was in the middle of the sea, Jesus saw the disciples straining at the oars, for the wind was against them. Toward morning he went to them, walking on the sea. When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the sea, they were troubled because they supposed it was a phantasm. But immediately Christ Jesus uttered wondrous words of quieting reassurance, which have come down through the centuries to comfort and sustain Christendom. He said, "Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid."
To the one suffering from sickness, to the one struggling to overcome sin, to the one weary of sorrow, Christian Science voices the same tender, loving assurance of freedom from fear. The Science of Christianity, as discovered and founded by our great Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, again repeats, in accents gentle and persuasive, healing words of Christly encouragement which establish the scientific sense of health, holiness, and harmony.
To the sufferer, fearful and apprehensive of sickness designated by diagnosis as incurable or fatal, Christian Science conveys the spiritual ability and courage to persevere, and the hope of ultimate recovery. It bids the terrified and anxious to look away from dark and dismal aspects of ill-health, to behold the perfect man of God's creating, and that, in the very hour of deepest need and distress.
