John Newton, the converted blasphemer and slave-trader, wrote out of the fullness of his heart.
"What think ye of Christ? is the test,
To try both your state and your scheme;
You cannot be right in the rest,
Unless you think rightly of Him."
In these stirring lines we get The Great Test of Everything. By this test Christian Science must be adjudged Christian or anti-Christian. By this test it must stand or fall. There is no possible middle ground. To be unsound as to the person of Christ is to vitiate everything else. What planet can be right in relation to the other planets if it is out of relation to the central sun! Christ is the central Sun of Christianity.
The late Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy claimed to be "The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science." Thus she styled herself on the title-page of her "Miscellaneous Writings (1883-1896)." Her book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," claims to be the authorized, inspired presentation of the teaching of Christian Science. She says: "No human pen nor tongue taught me the science contained in this book" (S. &. H., p. 110).
Throughout this pamphlet except where indicated otherwise, we quote from the 1913 edition.