Article February 10, 1917 Issue

Great Discoveries

MARY R. CHAMPLIN

The analogy between the discovery of America and that of Christian Science has been so strikingly impressed on the thought of the writer, and has brought such helpful comparisons into view, illuminating many a dull and seemingly dreary stretch in the journey from sense to Soul, that she hopes it may be of benefit to others.

Columbus evolved his vision of a "new world" through many years of study and pondering. He dreamed his dream and pondered its meaning when, even as a boy in the streets of Geona, he saw beneath the surface of what to others were insignificant phenomena,—the horizon's circle, the incoming ships from a distance, the bit of driftwood or other trophy washed in by the waves. These brought to him a message that spoke of other lands. As the perfect concept evolved in his consciousness, he became more and more the "madman" to his townspeople. He talked of his dream to all who would listen, and finally it took possession of him and became the ruling motive of his life.

Columbus waited many years for an opportunity, and pleaded his cause before the rulers of different nations, till at length his faith in his vision overcome all obstacles and at last reached its fulfilment in the discovery of the New World. In the Tate art galleries in London hangs a picture whose message will never be forgotten by one who has seen it. It is Turner's famous masterpiece, "The Discovery of Land," and represents Columbus, a watchful, alert figure on the deck of his flagship in the early dawn—at last face to face with the fulfilment of his dream.

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