In
her article entitled "An Allegory," on page 323 of "Miscellaneous Writings," Mary Baker Eddy describes the journey of one whom she designates as a Stranger, which started from "'a city set upon a hill,' a celestial city above all clouds, in serene azure and unfathomable glory.
A child
in the lower grades, who was a Christian Scientist, was startled when her teacher asked the class to bring in the next day, an imaginative composition on, "How I Broke My Leg.
There
is a door which is never closed, which stands wide open, leading into the sunshine and beauty of Soul, and it is the door of the spiritual senses.
William Shenstone
exposed a base quality of human thinking when he wrote, "There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is, that people can commend it without envy.
The
average individual will, without doubt, scorn the intimation that he is superstitious; in fact, he will heartily subscribe to Ben Jonson's epigram.
