The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-19

I which shortly followed.
 Wycliffe, HuSs, Luther, Zwingli Calvin, John Knox, and other rec formers, were clear and courageous correctors of wrong teaching bring ing the Bible, Gods Word, to all the people. These reformers were like rays of light breaking through the clouds and shining in the mental darkness, illumining that darkness with the light of spiritual Truth.
 A number of later reformers and other Protestants sought refuge in the north of Ireland. Persecution continued, however, and after their providential deliverance from the relentless seize of Londonderry in 1889, which was endured with ua- wavering faith, they came to Amer lea as pioneers, hoping here to establish their religion and their political ideals,-which they did un- der great difficulties.
 Of later generation of these courageous God-fearing pioneers there was born in the town of Bow New Hampshire, in the year 1921, a child endowed with the same sturdy religious qualities. The mother, Q woman of deepest spirituality, be- lieVed in the truth of the Scriptures and in the power of God to a re- markable degree.
 The little child was Mary Baker wonderfully gifted and very recep- tive of spiritual ideas. Her mother talked with her great deal of spir- itual experiences. She was 8 con stant reader and profound thinker and when joining the church of her parents in early youth, she refused to agree to certain doctrinal points for she had already gained an un- derstanding of the Bible in advance of the theological teaching Of her time.
 THE DISCOVERY
 As she advanced in years and passed through many bitter trials there developed in her mentality such Q clarified, spiritual quality, that finally the light of divine Truth shone through her conscious ness as a discovery because she was ready, able, and willing to accept this Truth, to be receptive of the spiritual idea, and to obey its demands.
 The main points of her discovery are that God is infinite Mind and that there is really no other Mind ; that man is Gods spiritual idea, not corporeal mortal; that real being is wholly spiritual, not material. This discovery meant to her the com plete disappearance of the cloudt of material sense, of the belief oi matter as an entity, and thus made possible the revelation of the full radiance of infinite spiritual reality Only on the basis of the unreality of matter and of all that is finite, could infinity be seen by her, or can 1t be discerned by anyone today
 We see, then, that the appearing of divine Truth on earth from the time of Adam to the revelation oi Christian Science, came through individuals whose advancing thought could perceive Truth, and progress sively grasp S higher sense Of spir- Iitual reality. This gradually lcssenoo the obscuring mental darkness unti 1t was finally dispelled. Divint Truth has been forever at work, but there could be no response without receptivity.
 Since this revelation thus includes infinity, absoluteness, and allness 1t IS final and complete: hence there can be no other, for there Is nothing more to be revealed. There remains only the possibility of increased spiritual understanding of this in- finite Truth, and this Is the worE of eternity.
 Jesus once said to his disciples that he had much to tell them but that they could not bear 1t at that time and he promised to send the Com- forter who would reveal all Truth This Comforter which has come in his name is Christian Science, the reappearing of the Christ as the impersonal messenger coming through the clouds-the clouds oi material sense --- as prophesied, and in "a little book" as also prophe- sled, (Revelation 1:7 and l0:O es- tablishing the whole Truth.
 Many devout, spiritually minded persons perceived divine light |. caught glimpses of spiritual truth , during the period of this transform ing of consciousness just considered But Mrs. Eddy received the full light : remained at the task of working oul the significance of this light, anc was the only one who reduced heI discoveries to 0 demonstrable science MRS. EDDY'S EARLY HISTORY
 Now that we see that Mrs. Eddy was the divinely logical mouthpiect for this revelation, 1t may be inter- esting to consider briefly a few points in her early history which led to the discovery of Christian Science and to the establishment of the Christian Science movement
 Mrs. Eddy, as 8 child, had beer taught by her mother that Goo could and would heal the sick. Sh' learned to believe implicitly in thu Bible teachings and in the suprem- acy of spiritual power, and she nevel lost this conviction.
 When trouble came upon her , through the loss of her dearly be- loved mother, her husband, the sub' seuuent plot to take her child iron her, and later through domestic un' happiness. poverty. and invalldism she still clung closely to the Scrip lures, hoping for an explanation ol the Bible healing. She carefully in' vestigated many curative systemi and looked into anything that prom 1 ised to explain how the so-callee miracles of the Bible were per formed. but nothing satisfied hei , search.
 2 Finally, she met with an accident ] which the physician. who had beer . called in by her friends, declared