MAN AS HIS MAKER KNOWS HIM

MARY ELIZABETH DAVIS

In "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" by Oliver Wendell Holmes is found the following observation (p. 71): "When John and Thomas, for instance, are talking together, it is natural enough that among the six there should be more or less confusion and misapprehension."

One can imagine the startling effect of these words upon Mr. Holmes' listeners. But he proceeded to explain that there was first "the real John; known only to his Maker;" secondly, the John he thought he was; thirdly, the John whom Thomas knew. It was the same with Thomas, totaling six. He concluded (p. 72): "It follows, that, until a man can be found who knows himself as his Maker knows him, or who sees himself as others see him, there must be at least six persons engaged in every dialogue between two."

One can readily see how, because of the acceptance of the false concept of man as material, misunderstandings and conflicts develop as the group is enlarged to family, community, or even United Nations proportions. But students of Christian Science are not confused or apprehensive, for their thought has been enlightened by the revelation of Mary Baker Eddy. Gratefully, joyfully, thought turns to her words in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" where she says (pp. 476, 477): "Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is intact, universal, and that man is pure and holy."

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