Christian Science offers hope to those who seek health, happiness, and success. This Science stresses the importance of satisfying the spiritual needs of the individual as a practical means of meeting the human need. What everyone really needs more than anything else is to understand God, for this understanding imparts the ability to maintain harmony.
It is legitimate to want to be well, happy, and affluent. Nothing in God's nature denies these aspirations. On the contrary, everything which God is assures the possibility of bringing them into abundant manifestation. Christ Jesus knew and illustrated this in many ways. He healed the sick, reformed the sinning, and raised the dead. It is our divinely bestowed privilege to follow his example by doing the same work for ourselves and others. In her book "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," Mary Baker Eddy says (p. 238), "On the swift pinions of spiritual thought man rises above the letter, law, or morale of the inspired Word to the spirit of Truth, whereby the Science is reached that demonstrates God." And she adds: "God is understandable, knowable, and applicable to every human need. In this is the proof that Christian Science is Science, for it demonstrates Life, not death; health, not disease; Truth, not error; Love, not hate."
When the primary human need is seen to be that of learning more of God, Spirit, and of man, His spiritual creation, then thought is naturally and spontaneously devoted to the procurement of this knowledge. This purpose can be accomplished, for a Scriptural promise reads (Jer. 29: 13), "Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." To find God and to understand Him is to find the way to present salvation.
