Article February 25, 1911 Issue

"TAUGHT OF GOD."

W. K. PRIMROSE.

When we first heard of Christian Science in our home, the remark was made to us by a friend, "But how can you become Christian Scientists, when there is no reading-room where you live, and no one to explain the text-book to you?" True, at that time there were no other Scientists in our small town in Scotland; but we had learned in Science and Health that "Truth is revealed" (p. 174), and the following experience will show how we progressed.

Of the many questions which arose out of my first studies of the Christian Science text-book, none perplexed me more than that of sight, and the question and answer by Mrs. Eddy, as found on page 58 of "Miscellaneous Writings." The question begins, "How does Mrs. Eddy know that she has read and studied correctly, if one must deny the evidences of the senses?" To this she answers: "Jesus said: 'Having eyes ye see not.' I read the inspired page through a higher than mortal sense. As matter, the eye cannot see; and as mortal mind, it is a belief that sees. I may read the Scriptures through a belief of eyesight; but I must spiritually understand them to interpret their Science."

To me the answer then seemed quite incomprehensible; but I pondered over it, and its meaning was revealed to me in a very remarkable way. I was traveling in a railway carriage with the window open, when a speck of coal dust blew into my eye and for the time being blinded me. My first inclination was to extract the particle, but I was unable to do so, nor could the other occupant of the carriage assist me. I then tried to help myself with the small understanding of Science which I had,—I found myself silently repeating the answer given by our Leader to which I have referred, and which I knew almost by heart. After a second or two the answer to that question was explained to me far more clearly and conclusively than any human tongue or pen could have done, when the obstruction was removed and I was able to see.

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