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earth" and from that exalted summit
there burst upon her spiritual VISION
the absoluteness and perfection OF
God and the unreality Of things NOR
tai and mundane. Because she saw the
same truth. the same pattern, the same
model Of thought, which prophet, seer
and Christ Jesus saw, her writings
coincide with the spiritual sense Of the
Scriptures, they give the same spirit
nal illumination as do the Bible texts
when understood The result is that the
Christian Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures is
indeed Key to the Scriptures, ana
Christian Scientists are healing the
sick and freeing the shining as did the
disciples Of old when they finally under
stood the import of the words and
works of the blessed Master.
In 1866, Mrs. Eddy was healed Of
the results of a serious accident
through the understanding Of a pas
sage in Matthews gospel. The spirit.
ual understanding of one passage OF
Scripture lifted her out of THE shad-
ow Of the death valley SO omnipotent
is Truth. The light that burst upon her
consciousness in that hour OF need was
the result Of many years prayer, medi-
tation and study of the Scriptures.
Mrs. Eddy grasped the mighty fact
that God is the only Mind and cause,
and that there is no other mind and
cause. She saw that there is but one
cause, God, one effect, man and the uni
verse. Mrs. Eddy saw also that the ex-
actness, logic, order, coordination, con,
tinuitv and law of God were the only
real Science, which she named Divine
Science or Christian Science, True Sci
ence is wholly spiritual, and destroys
the human counterfeit science so lar
as the latter is based on matter and
mortality. Mrs. Eddy loved God, and
because she loved God, she loved His
creation, man. She saw that it was her
duty to present this Science OF God AID
man to the world so clearly that hui
man thought could grasp it and prove
| it, and for this purpose she labored ana
| loved for almost half century.
She began her work by testing her
discovery. She tested it by healing the
sick.many of them instantaneousiy--
| by breaking the bondage of sin; she
| tested it by the light and freedom heI
followers experienced who honestly and
earnestly sought to know the truth
that maketh free. In 1915, nine years
after her healing, she gave to the world
the textbook of Christian Science. Sci
ence and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures. book that has done more to
revolutionize the thoughts OF men re-
oarding the truths Of the Bible thar
anv other book that has ever beer
written. This book teaches the Science
Of Christianity. Its pages are not
adulterated by the teachings OF pan
theism or dualism; it teaches pure
Christian metaphysics and its students
rise to that spiritual altitude Of
Thought in which the sick are instanta
neously healed. In speaking OF her ex
perience at this time, Mrs. Eddy wrote
on page l07 of the textbook, I'm tn
wear 1866. | discovered the Christ Sci
ence or divine laws of Life, Truth. anC
Love, and named my discovery Chris
| tian Science. God had been graciousi,
preparing me during many years fol
! the reception of this final revelation O
the absolute divine Principle of scien
tific mental healing. This apodictica
Principle points to the revelation o
/ Immanual. God with us,'-the soverigl
eyer-presence, delivering the childrei
Of men from every i'll that flesh is hei
i to- Through Christian Science, relig
ion and medicine are inspired With
diyiner nature and essence; fresh PIN
ions are given to faith and understand
ing, and thoughts acquaint themseive
I intelligently with Cod
The Mother Church and Its Manual
i Sometimes we are asked, Why di
Mrs. Eddy form distinct church or
ranization when there were so man,
denominations already established, ded
icated to the extension of the religio
of Christ Jesus?' The answer to tina
question is simple. Her message wa
refused by the established churches
and she was impelled to organize
| church of her own. The Mother Churc
was organized in Boston in April, 1877
reorganized in September, 1892, rs In
, First Church iof Christ, Scientist, ]
, Boston. Mass, and has been followe
Inv host OF branch churches now scat
tered throughout the civilized worl'
/. Mrs. Eddy knew the nature OF evil; 81
knew that the early Christian churc
had lost its healing power because n
teachings of pure Christianity had D.
come adulterated by paganlsm and =.
man theories. To guide and protect n
lChristian Science church and 70 PR
vide that never again down throu2
the centuries should the healing pow'
Of the Christ, Truth, be lost TO tn
world. she evolved from time to tin
the Rules and Bylaws set for,h in Il
Manual of The Mother Churcn, u
wisdom of which has been amply den
onstrated in the prosperity OF ~
Mother Church and its branches. Pc
hans no stronger evidence of Mr.
Eddv's profound understanding of Ge
= and her knowledge of the workings
I evil can be presented than this san
Manual, and Christian Scientists che
ish and obey it, because il unswervin
~ guides them and their churches
the straight and narrow way Of der
anstrable truth. They know that
Oh as they obey the Msnua,, the
ehlr ches will continue their hcali,
work and their unprecedented prosre
ity. and they have no notion what's
ever of departing from either the lett
or spirit Of its requirements. On pa
lOi of the Manual, Mrs. Eddy speal
Of IL as follows: at stands alon
uniquely adapted to form the buddiI
: thought and hedge it about with diyil
Love- The exalted purpose of 4
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!, in the Manual on page 10 as follow
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