Mankind seek stimulation in many ways and for various purposes. Many people feel that an additional goad is beneficial to successful achievement in work or play, and some habitually use a stimulant when feeling pushed by time or circumstances. The world seems aware of the danger of seeking stimulation through indulgence in liquor, tobacco, and drugs, for there is much sincere effort to halt these habits. The use of material means as stimuli has never brought satisfactory results. All material stimulants must eventually lose their own battle because through their use the human experience has been made less dignified and has become more subject to evil.
Christian Science is a proper stimulus. Through the study of God's laws and the application of them to everyday affairs, men and women—and children too—are strengthened and guided to do more than they usually accomplish, to discern and utilize the power and wisdom of divine Mind. Whether the need is for more strength to finish the housework or schoolwork or for a fresh approach to the problems at the office, in the plant, or in the field, the entrance of the Christ-thought into consciousness brings power far surpassing any material stimulant.
That people find true stimulus in Christian Science is supported in many of the testimonies to be found in the Christian Science periodicals or heard in the Wednesday testimony meetings in Churches of Christ, Scientist, throughout the world. In the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, in a paragraph with the marginal heading "Practical Science" we read: "The term Science, properly understood, refers only to the laws of God and to His government of the universe, inclusive of man. From this it follows that business men and cultured scholars have found that Christian Science enhances their endurance and mental powers, enlarges their perception of character, gives them acuteness and comprehensiveness and an ability to exceed their ordinary capacity." The paragraph closes with these words regarding a knowledge of this Science: "It raises the thinker into his native air of insight and perspicacity."Science and Health, p. 128;
