Christian Science is a religion of the heart. Its meaning really cannot be grasped just in the head, as a theory. To understand it in the heart is to understand it with love. And to understand it with love is to grasp its true meaning because it is the religion of Love. There is no other way to fathom it. In the words of its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, "The vital part, the heart and soul of Christian Science, is Love." Science and Health, p. 113.
It was the warmth and radiance of divine Love, manifested in works as well as words, that gave Christ Jesus' mission its transcendent luminous power. Our Saviour was a living transparency for divine Love. His marvelous humanity and compassion brought convincing evidence to sinners and sufferers of the healing efficacy of Love. His selfless affection and sacrifice have continued to touch human hearts throughout the centuries.
He himself said his teachings must be understood in the heart and with the heart. Speaking of the stolidity of those around him, he said, "This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them" Matt. 13:15. (emphasis added).
