"Wisdom
," so the proverb reads, "is the principal thing," and this statement would seem to be confirmed by the experience of those who have undertaken to live and to demonstrate Christian Science.
In
the ordinary human view, an individual may seem to be more or less isolated, shut off from the persons or things or the intelligence he needs, and therefore to be unequal to the tasks before him.
When
Abraham was ready to obey what he conceived to be the will of God, namely, to sacrifice his only son upon the altar, a way was provided for him to avoid this necessity.