Chapter XIII - Teaching Christian Science
Continuity of interest
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thought into accord with the spirit of Truth and Love,
thought into accord with the spirit of Truth and Love,
which heals the sick and the sinner.
Weakness and guilt
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A mental state of self-condemnation and guilt or a
A mental state of self-condemnation and guilt or a
faltering and doubting trust in Truth are unsuitable
conditions for healing the sick. Such mental
states indicate weakness instead of strength.
Hence the necessity of being right yourself in order to
teach this Science of healing. You must utilize the moral
might of Mind in order to walk over the waves of error
and support your claims by demonstration. If you are
yourself lost in the belief and fear of disease or sin, and
if, knowing the remedy, you fail to use the energies of
Mind in your own behalf, you can exercise little or no
power for others' help. "First cast out the beam out
of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast
out the mote out of thy brother's eye."
The trust of the All-wise
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The student, who receives his knowledge of Christian
The student, who receives his knowledge of Christian
Science, or metaphysical healing, from a human teacher,
may be mistaken in judgment and demonstra-
tion, but God cannot mistake. God selects
for the highest service one who has grown into such a
fitness for it as renders any abuse of the mission an im-
possibility. The All-wise does not bestow His highest
trusts upon the unworthy. When He commissions a mes-
senger, it is one who is spiritually near Himself. No per-
son can misuse this mental power, if he is taught of God
to discern it.
Integrity assured
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This strong point in Christian Science is not to be
This strong point in Christian Science is not to be
overlooked, – that the same fountain cannot send forth
both sweet waters and bitter. The higher
your attainment in the Science of mental
healing and teaching, the more impossible it will be-
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come for you intentionally to influence mankind adverse
come for you intentionally to influence mankind adverse
to its highest hope and achievement.
Chicanery impossible
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Teaching or practising in the name of Truth, but con-
Teaching or practising in the name of Truth, but con-
trary to its spirit or rules, is most dangerous quackery.
Strict adherence to the divine Principle and
rules of the scientific method has secured
the only success of the students of Christian Science.
This alone entitles them to the high standing which
most of them hold in the community, a reputation ex-
perimentally justified by their efforts. Whoever af-
firms that there is more than one Principle and method
of demonstrating Christian Science greatly errs, igno-
rantly or intentionally, and separates himself from the
true conception of Christian Science healing and from
its possible demonstration.
No dishonest concessions
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Any dishonesty in your theory and practice betrays a
Any dishonesty in your theory and practice betrays a
gross ignorance of the method of the Christ-cure. Science
makes no concessions to persons or opinions.
One must abide in the morale of truth or he
cannot demonstrate the divine Principle. So long as
matter is the basis of practice, illness cannot be effica-
ciously treated by the metaphysical process. Truth does
the work, and you must both understand and abide by the
divine Principle of your demonstration.
This volume indispensable
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A Christian Scientist requires my work SCIENCE AND
A Christian Scientist requires my work SCIENCE AND
HEALTH for his textbook, and so do all his students and
patients. Why? First: Because it is the voice
of Truth to this age, and contains the full
statement of Christian Science, or the Science of healing
through Mind. Second: Because it was the first book
known, containing a thorough statement of Christian
Science. Hence it gave the first rules for demonstrating