Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health (Pref., p. x) "The divine Principle of healing is proved in the personal experience of any sincere seeker of Truth." Only sincere seekers of Truth can prove the divine Principle of healing. Those who are not sincere in their desire to know God, Truth, do not find Him and His law of healing. They continue to investigate human theories and mortal opinions based solely on conjectures. These theories are not founded on rules proved to be demonstrable, as are the teachings of Christ Jesus and of Christian Science.
We need a sincere, wholehearted desire to follow Jesus' example and the rules of Christian Science in order to demonstrate this Science, with its spiritual healing. No subject or skill can be mastered through only partial adherence to its rules. There can be no divided allegiance. The Bible confirms this. It says (Matt. 6:24): "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
Christian Science is true Science—the Science that Jesus demonstrated in his ministry. Yet some people will say that they can accept only part of its teachings. This is like saying of arithmetic, "I believe that two and two are four, but I cannot believe that three and three are six." It is either human will or ignorance that prevents one from sincerely acknowledging the truth in its entirety.
