Article July 28, 1923 Issue

Blessings

JEAN S. FREEDLANDER

In a wonderful, God-inspired book,—one that is destined to live through the ages and to revolutionize the thought of mortals,—appears this sentence, aflame with truth: "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings." What a depth of meaning lies in these opening words of the Preface to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy! What gratitude and consecration to God on the part of their self-sacrificing author do these words reveal! Is it any wonder that Christian Scientists love and revere Mrs. Eddy? And did she not admonish us to follow her only as she followed the Christ? There are many in the world to-day who are prone to criticize the Christian Scientist who acknowledges his great debt to our revered Leader, and to say that he worships her. But those who understand, know that, as our Leader so clearly and simply states (Science and Health, p. 497), "We acknowledge and adore one supreme and infinite God." We certainly do thank God fervently for the glorious examples of Christ Jesus and of his faithful follower, that Mary whose name, together with her books, will live and be blessed throughout all time.

Having, then, the great example of these two faithful ones, to say nothing of all the examples of the patriarchs and apostles which are recorded in the Bible, is not to-day indeed "big with blessings"? And among his many blessings the Christian Scientist thanks God for the Bible and the book which is, indeed, the "Key" to the Scriptures.

Human thought, when uninstructed by Christian Science, is composed mainly of beliefs and theories instilled by parents, teachers, friends, books. There have been comparatively few of the world's great teachers who have understood to any extent the nothingness or unreality of matter. Among the few to whom were revealed the allness of Spirit and the consequent nothingness of matter, was our beloved Leader, the great prophet and seer of recent times. In the textbook she has given us, Mrs. Eddy conveys to humanity the spiritual interpretation of the Bible, as it was revealed to her by God. It has been claimed by some that this text-book of Christian Science is too difficult to understand; and because of this seeming difficulty some have condemned both textbook and author. Others, for the same reason, have thought it necessary to try to rewrite our textbook in what they term a "simplified" form. But is Science and Health really difficult to understand? Let us see.

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