Science
reveals Life as a complete sphere, as eternal, self-existent Mind; material
sense defines life as a broken sphere, as organized matter, and mind as
something separate from God. Science reveals Spirit as All, averring that
there is nothing beside God; material sense says that matter, His antipode,
is something besides God. Material sense adds that the divine Spirit
created matter, and that matter and evil are as real as Spirit and good.
Christian Science reveals God and His idea as the All and Only. It declares
that evil is the absence of good; whereas, good is God ever-present, and
therefore evil is unreal and good is all that is real. Christian Science
saith to the wave and storm, "Be still," and there is a great calm.
Material sense asks, in its ignorance of Science, "When will the raging of
the material elements cease?" Science saith to all manner of disease, "Know
that God is all-power and all-presence, and there is nothing beside Him;"
and the sick are healed. Material sense saith, "Oh, when will my sufferings
cease? Where is God? Sickness is something besides Him, which He cannot, or
does not, heal."
Christian Science is the only sure basis of harmony. Material sense
contradicts Science, for matter and its so-called organizations take no
cognizance of the spiritual facts of the universe, or of the real man and
God. Christian Science declares that there is but one Truth, Life, Love,
but one Spirit, Mind, Soul.
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