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of these win safeguard his use of
power. There Is really only one thing
you can knolD-Truth. You cannot
Enow error. You can accept it or
believe 1t, but you can kfoic only
that which is true. gH
The spiritual dominion of the
Master was manifested in remark
able degree by his immediate follow
ers, and indeed as late as the third
century the healing works were con-
tinued without break. From that
date. however. they practically ceased
and the Christian church became
more and more material during what
have been called the Dark Ages. To-
day these healing works have re-
appeared, and the example of the
Master in healing the sick and the
SHINING Is being followed in some
measure. This is due to the work of
woman who towards the end of
the nineteenth century gave another
astonishing proof of what spiritu-
atty achieves. She grew up on
New Hampshire farm, amongst
quiet, simple, homelike surroundings.
The country around even now is
Sparsely populated, and the wide
open spaces, the beautiful distant
views and far horizons must have
deeply influenced her thought and
helped to feed the inner hunger for
the ideal and the infinite which was
always with her. Her afterlife was
fVsin lie If 10 nj
seeking for Truth, until finally, as
she herself says, her immediate
recovery from the effects of an in
jury caused by an accident, an
injury that neither medicine nor
surgery could reach, was the falling
apple that led me to the discovery
how to be well myself, and how to
make others so" Retrospection and
Introspection, p. 24. From that mo-
ment she never ceased her search for
what she calls "the Science of this
healing" (Science and Health, p.
109), and in 1875 she gave to the
world her discovery in the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
During this time of seeking, her
income was very, very small. She had
no friends to help her. Moreover, she
had the drawback of being woman
in days when women had few rights
and privileges. Added to all this she
introduced a Science, philosophy,
that reused in opposition both the
religious and medical Thought of the
day. Yet she succeeded! 1t is mar
velous reading, the story of her
achievement. What nameless strug-
giles, what nameless faith in God it
required, we may never know. How
could she do this, alone, unfriended,
prosecuted by the carnal mind at
every step? It was what Mrs. Eddy
knew about God, her spiritual un-
derstanding of her relationship to
God, that enabled her to achieve
what no other woman had achieved,
the discovery of the Science of heal
ing, the founding of Church and Of
q movement that is worldwide.
In the Christian Science textbook
she sets forth this Science which
will enable those who study it to
achieve the spirituality which be-
longs to them and which Is power.
Now since Christian Science is Sci
ence this book defines for us the
being of God, and it may be said
that this definition brings a great
light into human consciousness. The
dictionary states that the word def
milton" means 'the explanation of
anything by its attributes, properties
or relations" The definition of Deity
in the Christian Science textbook is
composed of the seven synonyms,
which are given as follows: Mind,
Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth,
Love" (p. 1850. Then these synonyms
are further explained and described,
and Of Mind it is said that there is
only one Mind, God. When that great
fact was stated it instantly looSed
human thought, and this liberation
was shown in the extraordinary
number of inventions which fol-
lowed the year in which Science and
Health was published. The reason
for this is clearly to be seen. The
more you know about anything, any
art or science, the more power you
have in that direction, the more you
can use it. Ignorance spells limita-
ton and separation.
Then, to understand more Of God
Is to understand and to express more
of power, to understand and to ex-
press more Of intelligence, to under
stand and to express more Of Love.
For the first time the Being of God
has been scientifically and system
atically defined. AS we study this
definition, as we contemplate these
synonyms, we learn more about God
and therefore more about ourselves.
Since man is manifestation or ref1ec-
ton it is for us to identify our
selves in our true being with the
divine nature expressed in these
synonyms. To learn that there is
only one Mind is to unite ourselves
with the power and capacity of that
Mind. To learn that God is Prin-
ciple gives at once a profound sense
of the perfect, unvarying law and
government controlling man who is
the idea of his divine Principle, and
so Is held In complete security. To
learn that divine Love is universal
shows us that our affections cannot
be limited to loving this or that per-
son, but that 1t Is natural and pos
sible to let our love embrace all,
shining forth as the sun shines forth
impersonally, universally. This does
not mean less tenderness for every