IN the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy states (p. 31), "First in the list of Christian duties, he taught his followers the healing power of Truth and Love." Not only did Jesus teach his followers that the healing element of Christianity was of prime importance, but he showed them conclusively that the healing power was not in or of himself. He turned them away from all personal good to God—divine Principle, Love. Laying no claim to supernatural power, permitting no adulation to be centered on his human self, he declared (John 5:30), "I can of mine own self do nothing;" and again (Matt. 19:17), "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God."
The Christian Science student understandingly acknowledges God, good, to be All-in-all. To recognize the fact of God's allness is to accept the infinitude of His goodness. The fact that God is All, and that He is infinite good, clearly realized and utilized, is the truth which destroys any and every form of evil. God's presence is omnipresence. His power is incomparable: God is not a greater power nor the greatest power; He is the only power, infinite and supreme. Whatever the demand for healing, be it mental or physical, financial, dispositional, or moral, the power of the Christ, Truth, is ever present and able to supply the need.
Man, made in the likeness of God, reflects the nature of divine Love. Since Love, God, is infinite Spirit, every quality reflected by man must be infinite and universal. For example, to depend upon a finite, personal sense of love for satisfaction is to court disappointment and unhappiness. To think of supply or substance as material is to be subjected to the fluctuations and limitations of matter values. To rely, even unintentionally, upon one's human sense of ability and intelligence in solving a problem is to limit achievement and augment effort. The spiritual demand upon all students of Christian Science is that they demonstrate man's God-given heritage of infinite intelligence, boundless love, supreme happiness, and affluent supply. When one relies steadfastly upon the infinitude of Truth and Love—here, there, and everywhere—problems begin to fade away in the ever-present supremacy of good.
