punished; for suffering is commensurate with evil, and
lasts as long as the evil. As mind, evil finds no escape
from itself; and the sin and suffering it occasions can
only be removed by reformation. [5]
According to divine law, sin and suffering are not
cancelled by repentance or pardon. Christian Science
not only elucidates but demonstrates this verity of be-
ing; namely, that mortals suffer from the wrong they
commit, whether intentionally or ignorantly; that every [10]
effect and amplification of wrong will revert to the wrong-