Modern parallels of Biblical marvels are multiplying as the understanding of Christian Science spreads. Increasing numbers of people are gaining insight, through Christian Science, into the cause of what are termed miracles, as recorded in the Scriptures. When the operation of divine Principle which wrought those wonders is understood, there is nothing to prevent anyone from applying the same Principle and rule governing those wonders to the extent of his understanding.

Principle is God, infinite Love. Although our Leader's use of the word "Principle," as a synonym for God, is new, Moses may be said to have expressed its meaning in the divine announcement of the nature of God: "I AM THAT I AM." The illumination resulting from this concept of God enabled Moses to demonstrate for himself and for the children of Israel God's all-providing love. Even when his followers murmured, Moses' fixed conviction of God as the I AM brought into their experience as well as his own all they needed of daily provision. In thus acknowledging God there is a corresponding recognition of the adequacy of Love's providing. The completeness of that providing may be seen by reviewing the demonstrations of Moses in the journey from Egypt to the promised land.

Food was furnished in a manner that silenced mortal conjecture as to its origin. Water came from a rock when Moses applied to the exigency what he knew of God. The bitter waters of Marah were made palatable by the power of the truth. The Israelites' "raiment waxed not old," we are told. Endurance was not lacking; the Scriptural account is explicit in stating that during their long sojourn in the wilderness their "feet swelled not." Another item worthy of attention is that Moses' sight was preserved: "his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated." Their final attainment, a country "flowing with milk and honey," was their abiding place after the hardships endured throughout the periods of Egyptian bondage and the march to Canaan. Food, drink, clothing, and home were all forthcoming as the needs arose and they learned to rely on God.

"I AM THAT I AM," the self-existent Principle, has not changed since Moses thus applied the divine beneficent power. Principle can be known today; a consecrated student can learn how to utilize the power today that did so much for the Israelites. No teaching is clearer than the spiritual instruction in Christian Science. With the quality of the teaching assured, all that is required of the learner is "an understanding heart" and the faithful use of the teaching in daily life.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 275) Mrs. Eddy makes plain how to begin: "The starting-point of divine Science is that God, Spirit, is All-in-all, and that there is no other might nor Mind,—that God is Love, and therefore He is divine Principle." Throughout her writings she has given "precept upon precept; line upon line," in the form of definite instruction as to how to proceed in demonstrating divine Principle. The belief in matter as a basis of supply must be abandoned. Mortal reckoning must yield to divine modes as thought rises to reflect more and more clearly the enriching influence of the Love that exists now and forever without change. That our well-being is contingent on anything but God must be regarded as an unsound proposition, to be discarded for the provable fact that our "life is hid with Christ in God." Jesus thus indicated the pathway to a practical application of divine affluence: "If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." Assuredly, when thought grasps the infinite nature of divine Love, there can be no deprivation. Where the true sense of Love makes its abode in consciousness, there is established the blessing inseparable from that Love.

An essential quality of thought in preserving a sense of divine Love is courage. In the Glossary of Science and Health (p. 592), the metaphysical interpretation of "Moses" is given in part as "moral courage." With suggestions of cramped resources and their attendant deprivations crowding in upon thought, it requires courage to refuse to think from the standpoint of the physical senses. To follow the trail blazed by our Leader along humanly unfamiliar, hidden mental paths leading Spiritward is a test of courage and fidelity merely because of the human habit of accepting untoward conditions as real, and not by any means because this path is uncertain or hazardous. Moral courage stimulates endeavor in finding and pursuing the path that leads to "an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," where the spiritual providing is complete.

With the exception of the period in which Jesus lived, no more inspiring era than the present appears in the annals of religious history—the present with its inspiring records of the actual healing of poverty, lack, destitution, disrupted families, and similar woes through the courage and spiritual sagacity nurtured by Christian Science. The reason beneficial results accompany an understanding of Truth is set forth in Science and Health thus (p. 258): "The human capacities are enlarged and perfected in proportion as humanity gains the true conception of man and God."

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