Have you ever asked, "Is class instruction for me? Do I need it to understand Christian Science fully? Can't I become just as spiritually-minded through my own individual growth or understanding? Can't my own study result in ability to heal?"
Many have proved the healing power of Truth to a remarkable degree through their own work, as the final chapter of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy attests. But those who have class instruction find it an inspiring, enlightening, and strengthening factor in their study and practice of Christian Science. Also, they have the added inspiration of the annual association meeting of their teacher's pupils.
Mrs. Eddy comments on teaching in the chapter on Recapitulation in the textbook. Here in answer to the question "Will you explain sickness and show how it is to be healed?'' she says, "A full answer to the above question involves teaching, which enables the healer to demonstrate and prove for himself the Principle and rule of Christian Science or metaphysical healing."Science and Health, p. 493; Then she outlines some of the main points to be considered.
