UNLESS its results were humanly seen and felt, Christian Science would have no value for mankind. In this respect it meets with all truly religious and humanitarian movements on common ground. However, the method whereby Christian Science obtains these results is very different from that of other Christian sects. It is the difference of standpoints—the difference between spiritual understanding and human faith.
If Christian Science had given Christianity only a changed vocabulary, by referring, for instance, to God as divine Principle and to the devil as mortal mind, there would have been no fundamental purpose for Mary Baker Eddy's revolutionary discovery. It would only have meant that another addition had been made to the already too numerous sects and theories.
The advent of Christian Science was essential, because it restored to Christianity its lost element of healing. To Mrs. Eddy, the Science of Christianity which heals was divinely revealed. And she in turn gave it to mankind. This is, simultaneously, her great distinction and the justification for the Christian Science movement.
