Every human science or art is built up on some basic truths which must be used in solving problems in the practice of that science or art. For instance, the science of mathematics would be useless without the knowledge and proper use of its calculus of nine figures and a cipher; the art of music could not be practiced without an understanding of the notes of the scale. Christian Science, which is Science itself, requires, in order to be practiced aright, an understanding of its basis or Principle, which is God.
In the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has given us a comprehensive definition of God (p. 465): "God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love." While the use of certain synonyms for God was original with Mrs. Eddy, her teaching complies with the usually accepted theological views of God, not only as "incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite," but also as omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, omniactive, modifying adjectives for God used elsewhere in the textbook.
The questions naturally arise in the thought of an inquirer: How can the knowledge of this scientific, sevenfold definition of God be applied to the problems confronting humanity today? How can the recognition of the allness and the onliness of God and His spiritual creation be utilized with that scientific certainty of gaining results which Christ Jesus demonstrated?
