“The Sermon on the Mount is the essence of this Science, and the eternal life, not the death of Jesus, is its outcome.” Science and Health p. 271
The following are the Tenets in the early (1880’s) and the first ever in print of the Church of Christ, Scientist:
“TENETS AND COVENANT
… 2nd-We rest our hope and faith on God, the only Life,
Truth and Love, depending for salvation not on the
person of God, but on the understanding of the Principle
or Spirit that is God, and the demonstration of this Spirit
or Principle according to those commands of our Master.
‘”Go ye into all the world, preach the Gospel, heal the
sick, and these signs shall follow them that believe (under
stand). They shall lay their hands on the sick and they
shall recover.
3rd-And we solemnly covenant to faithfully obey the
Ten Commandments; to walk worthy of our high calling,
to deal justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our
God; to abhor a lie, to love truth, to do good to man, to
have but one God, and to strive habitually to reach that
higher understanding of Christian Science contained in
the Sermon on the Mount, whereby to cast out error and
heal the sick. …”
Reminiscences of Mary Baker Eddy by Miss Julia S. Bartlett p. 173 from MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS RELATING TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE compiled by Gilbert Carpenter
The final 1910 revision of the 6 Tenets can be found in Science and Health p.497, the last which is below.
“6. And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure.”
Mrs. Eddy writes in Message For 1901,
“To my sense the Sermon on the Mount, read each Sunday without comment and obeyed throughout the week, would be enough for Christian practice. The Word of God is a powerful preacher, and it is not too spiritual to be practical, nor too transcendental to be heard and understood.”