IN general mankind believes that man draws nearer to death with the passing of each year, indeed with the passing of each day and hour. This supposition is based on the belief that everything has a beginning and an ending, that everything is either coming or going, appearing or disappearing. According to this shortsighted conception, birth and death determine man's existence.
Christian Science throws the light of eternal and spiritual Truth on this assertion and exposes it as a fatal error. In conformity with the Bible this Science reveals the spiritual fact that man is born of God, Spirit, that he coexists with Him, and therefore reflects eternal Life. Christian Scientists are cognizant of this fact and apply it to advantage in their daily lives.
Jesus once said (John 5:24), "He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." Does not this statement indicate unequivocally that our great Master considered the dead to be those who remain in ignorance and unbelief and that as our understanding of God and His Christ increases, we pass from death to life?
