Article April 19, 1952 Issue

THE VALLEY SHALL BUD AND BLOSSOM

ELLSWORTH W. AUSTIN

Loveliness , freshness, and purity are associated with the delicate unfoldment of a beautiful flower, and they likewise characterize the unfoldment of Truth which takes place in the human consciousness through the study and application of Christian Science. Dormancy, inactivity, and drabness give way to usefulness; a new life, a fresh start, may be experienced in every occupation. It is demonstrable in Christian Science that God, Mind, controls the universe and every part of it, including man.

This momentous fact of God's government was vividly revealed to John, who, after prophesying the overcoming of all error, declared that a voice from heaven said (Rev. 21:4,5): "The former things are passed away. ... Behold, I make all things new." The former things, the depressed thoughts of sin and materiality, are removed from human consciousness through Christian Science and replaced with the beauty and loveliness of spiritual understanding.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" its author, Mary Baker Eddy, defines "valley" on page 596 in part as "depression; meekness; darkness." And she concludes her definition thus: "Christian Science, contradicting sense, maketh the valley to bud and blossom as the rose." Thus our beloved Leader, emphasizing the healing ministry of Christian Science, depicts Truth's unfoldment. One may follow Mrs. Eddy's systematic and scientific train of thought: first the contradiction of material sense testimony and then the demonstration of virtually transforming the depressed human thought, or valley, wherein lies the belief in mortality, sin, sickness, and death, into the beauty, health, and joy of spiritual realization.

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