The Psalmist wrote (Ps. 107:20), "He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." By the revelation of Christian Science, men's comprehension of that divine Word is exalted to perceive God as divine Mind, infinite, all-good, all-powerful, and, because everywhere present, all-exclusive to every belief in a supposed power that could obstruct or defy His omnipotent allness. As light makes darkness impossible, so the realized presence of God renders the claim of evil impotent. Through this understanding the Christian healing taught by Christ Jesus is restored and made practical. The Word is made plain.
Christian Science, unlike any other statement of religion since the days of Jesus and his disciples, is no product of the human mind. It came to the world through revelation, and is the continuation and culmination of the Christ teaching and healing begun in the first century. The revelation and the revelator to this age cannot be separated. The revelation must be kept intact, complete, inviolate against all attempts at innovation in the name of supposed progress. To this purpose, Mary Baker Eddy, the revelator, found through church organization, with its Manual of Rules and By-Laws, the way to hedge about and safeguard both in letter and in spirit all that Christian Science is bringing to the world.
The Christian treasures the remembrance of the original work and teaching of Christianity. They are his mentor and his guide. So the Christian Scientist should be ever aware also of the origins and foundations of Christian Science and its church. The outlook of its Discoverer and Founder should be remembered. The singleness of purpose, the simplicity that is in Christ, the steadfast resistance to the worldliness and restlessness which seek variety and change as ends in themselves, these foundational elements accompanied the coming of Christian Science, and they are still necessary to sustain the church and its healing ministry against the increasing upheaval of modern times. There should be remembrance.
