The story of mankind since the beginning of its recorded history largely depicts men's efforts to achieve freedom. As the ages have passed, the particular bondage from which they have sought release has assumed changed forms; the great urge of men is still the same—the irresistible quest for freedom.
The world has accomplished much in giving humanity great opportunities for freedom. Despite this fact, many today are fearful and apprehensive that the freedom so dearly bought may suddenly be taken from them. Indeed, there is widespread fear that our civilization itself is threatened by the overbalance of materialistic development in the world.
Christian Science lovingly comes to humanity's rescue with the simple but profound freedom-bringing fact of God's allness. This great fact is succinctly expressed by Mary Baker Eddy in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 468): "All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all." This sentence is a part of that pronouncement called by Mrs. Eddy "the scientific statement of being." Since the publication of the first edition of the textbook in 1875 students of Christian Science have based their demonstrations of the healing, liberating power of God upon the pure, simple fact of God's allness contained in this statement. That Mrs. Eddy considered God's allness to be of importance in the liberation of human consciousness is evident, for she made "the scientific statement of being" a part of the Sunday services in all Churches of Christ, Scientist.
