THROUGHOUT her writings, Mary Baker Eddy insists upon God as ever-present good and consequently upon evil as never present, save as the misleading assumption of a mind that does not exist. Although this insistence may sound inconsistent to some persons, it does not warrant anyone's supercilious dismissal of the subject. If it be true that God is ever-present good, this truth will one day be recognized everywhere as the most important knowledge in all the world for mankind to acquire.
The teachings of Christian Science are far in advance of what the world as a whole still believes to be true. However, Christian Scientists do not ignore the world's present need of help physically, mentally, and morally. Rightly understood and utilized, Christian Science meets the world's needs by revealing the remedy for all human ills, ills which, owing to their illusive mental nature, can be truly mastered only by spiritually mental means.
In presenting for the world's consideration the reality of God and His ever-present good and the counterfeit nature of mortal mind and its material concepts, Mrs. Eddy is not proposing a mere innovation. The ever-presence of God, good, must be and is the eternal, changeless, demonstrable fact. Christian Science should be recognized as no human invention, but as the scientific discovery of the ages.
