Editorial October 11, 1952 Issue

THE IMPRESS OF HEAVEN

Robert Ellis Key

The impression produced by a spiritual experience is indelible. When a healing occurs through the spiritual ministry of Christian Science a false impression of material sense is effaced and the original impress of man as a child of God is proportionally brought to light. The impressions of thought produced by so-called mortal mind and those made by the divine Mind are completely contrary the one to the other. The impressions of material sense are fleeting and fanciful. They do not outline themselves in true consciousness, and therefore they do not form a part of our real and spiritual experience.

How often we hear it said, "Did I dream that, or did it really happen?" All material phenomenon is a temporary sense of life, substance, and intelligence in matter. On the other hand, spiritual experience is a real and everlasting impression of existence, because it exists in God, Spirit, and this is brought into view through Christian Science.

Mary Baker Eddy writes (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 157), "Christian Science impresses the entire corporeality,—namely, mind and body,— and brings out the proof that Life is continuous and harmonious." Christian Science is the Science, or true knowledge, of the Christ. The healing efficacy, purity, and perfection of Truth impress themselves indelibly upon human consciousness and thus obliterate all false impressions, whether produced by fear, heredity, or human history. As Christian Scientists our object is to bring to earth the impress of heaven, to impress mind and body with Truth, the beauty of holiness, the intelligence of Mind, the clarity of Spirit. These impressions are indelible because they exist in God and are inherent in God's image and likeness, man.

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