What
an enigma is mortal existence to the spiritually unillumined human consciousness! This consciousness, with its finite outlook, believes that man is born into the world as a helpless babe, that after passing through the period of adolescence he reaches maturity, and that thereafter he declines until he passes away.
In
the "Historical Sketch," which appears on page 17 of the Church Manual, the following occurs: "At a meeting of the Christian Scientist Association, April 12, 1879, on motion of Mrs.
