Article July 26, 1975 Issue

Restoring the Masterpiece

PERSIS E. ZUBER

We occasionally hear how a masterpiece has been discovered under another painting. Perhaps someone has picked up a "find" at an auction or in an attic. Is there a hidden image under the grime and film? Usually, if a double picture is suspected, restoring it is left to the skilled hands of an expert.

In Christian Science, from the standpoint of perfect God and perfect man, we work with pictures (mental ones), always striving to conform them to the original—God's likeness. Indeed, restoration work is a must if we would go forward Spiritward. The pictures we work to correct are what each of us holds in thought and finds translated into daily experience: images of ourselves, our families, friends, associates; our homes, churches, activities, careers, government, and so on. A gallery of pictures!

Most likely many of them need at least a good scrubbing, if not radical scraping or restoring. If this sounds like work, it is. Rewarding work. Because the final result can be wonderful! Once our mental pictures are burnished and something of the divine likeness uncovered, our personal relationships and activities take on new glow and vitality.

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