As humanity advances in its insatiable quest for supremacy over material limitations, many are asking: "What will be the eventual outcome? Is mankind really progressing toward its goal of freedom?" Whatever the promise for the future, offered by the material sciences, it must appear insignificant in comparison with the import of the question propounded by Christ Jesus (Matt.16:26), "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
It would be tragedy indeed if mankind were to gain mastery over a world and yet remain in bondage to the false sense of self. It is from this danger of enslavement that Christian Science is pointing the way to ultimate freedom. It teaches that fetters must be broken, but they are fetters of mortal belief and not the limitations of so-called natural laws.
In Isaiah we read. (58:6), "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?" Both here and elsewhere in the Bible we find clear indications that individual salvation can be gained only as one asserts his God-given mastery over the limitations of mortal belief. Through Christian Science this salvation is being accomplished in a measure by many today. Any sincere seeker for Truth can begin demonstrating what he understands.
