The
Scientific Statement of Being
MARY
BAKER EDDY
Question.
— What is the scientific statement of being?
Answer.
— There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance
in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite
manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal
Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and
eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God,
and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not
material; he is spiritual.
Excerpted from
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary
Baker Eddy, p. 468
. .
. I have studied and pondered a great deal on the Truth, and
find that when we subscribe to the Scientific Statement of
Being we only make a beginning. It is like signing the
Declaration of Independence, which must be followed by the
Revolutionary War. It is related that one of the signers of
the American declaration remarked, "We must all hang
together or we shall hang separately." And so our thoughts
and acts must hang together; must be truthful and
consistent, or we will suffer. When we finally conclude that
the taxes of matter are too burdensome, and sign this
declaration, we must be prepared for weary marches through
bogs and swamps; for cold winters, and battles that seem to
go against us. . . . The error is not so formidable as it
seems; and this gives us courage in the midst of battles, so
that we can stand fast until the last enemy is destroyed.
Meanwhile let us give thanks without ceasing, that Christian
Science has been given to us.
—
F. S. T.
The
Christian Science Journal, January, 1892
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