Our age is in a state of rebellion against what it considers to be the hypocrisies and evasions of the past. That is a good thing, so far as it goes. But Christian Science emerged from a state of total rebellion against all the deceptions and fallacies of material sense—past, present, and future. From the beginning it was a protest movement against everything that denies the fulfillment of man's true nature as the son of God.
There is no use pretending that a commitment to so radical a program provides a way of drifting pleasantly through life without any serious problems. Christian Science leads one right up to the greatest problem of all: the problem of being. To come to grips with that problem is obviously a full-time job, though it is impossible to imagine any more rewarding task than learning to become in actual practice what one already is in capacity, in essence, and in truth.
In a world of rocketing change, Christian Scientists of all ages and backgrounds are challenged to keep their understanding of Truth alive and growing. They are challenged to deepen their insights and extend their outreach, dig for fresh meanings beneath the surface of familiar words, and reach out with lively concern beyond the limits of selfish interest.
