Sometimes we ask ourselves why we are not making greater progress in our understanding and demonstration of Christian Science. In the earnest study of the writings of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, we may find many answers to our query. On page 254 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," speaking of achieving absolute Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy says, "But the human self must be evangelized." In the following sentence she tells us, "This task God demands us to accept lovingly to-day, and to abandon so fast as practical the material, and to work out the spiritual which determines the outward and actual." This reference is one that has helped the writer.
The demand of God that we accept the task to achieve salvation by our own evangelization faces each individual, and through the glorious truths revealed in Christian Science this task becomes a joyous one.
We find the word "evangelist" used in the New Testament when it refers to those early Christians who were not prophets or apostles, but who were so inspired by the words and works of Christ Jesus that they preached the gospel to those who, although ignorant of Christianity, were willing to listen to their message. They often went from place to place. The word "evangelization" is sometimes taken to mean conforming one's life to high Christian standards, or teaching by living in a Christian manner. This is the mission that Christian Scientists are performing in the world today.
