It is difficult to imagine that Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science, would have spoken without a certain fervency or genuine depth of feeling when she was preaching sermons or addressing groups of Christian Scientists in the late 1800's. Christian Science was the revelation of divine Truth that she was sharing with mankind. It was—and is—the Comforter. She could hardly have expressed such a message without vigor or heartfelt conviction.
When she finally ordained the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health, as pastor of the Church of Christ, Scientist, surely Mrs. Eddy did not take the life out of the worship services. And to continue today to impart the real healing vision of Christianity that is at the heart of Christian Science requires that the church services be kindled with the vitality and joy of Christ, Truth, that our Leader certainly intended for her Church.
We need to keep the language of worship alive. And if it is going to be alive in church, it will need to be alive in us. As Christian Scientists we actually take our worship of God directly to our everyday living. Worship isn't confined to a church building, kept in a pew rack with the hymnals to be pulled out a couple of times a week.
