The Lesson from a Bulb

J. D. L.

In the fall, when the bulbs which were to bring us the earliest blossoms of spring were being covered with the soft mould, through ignorance some of them were set on their heads, their faces turned away from the light, and when springtime came, and all the beds were gay with fragrant bells, there was one little patch which gave no sign. After a time of patient waiting, the gardener raked away the surface earth and disclosed little points of pale green pushing through the soil; further investigation showed that some of the bulbs, obedient to the law of life, had started to grow in due season, and at first the shoots had gone down, but finding only darkness, and attracted by the warmth of the sunlight above, they had gradually turned themselves and slowly pushed their way to the surface. Others showed the long, sickly leaves still spreading about and groping downward.

The gardener watched the growth from day to day, and as the leaves came up into the light, they grew green and strong; then the bulb itself began to turn and put its roots into the earth, until finally the blossom came and the little plant was straight and in its rightful position.

In Science and Health we read, "The inverted images presented by the senses, the deflections of matter, as opposed to the Science of spiritual reflection, are all unlike Spirit. In the illusion of life that is here to-day and gone to-morrow, man would be wholly mortal, were it not that Love, the divine Principle that obtains in divine Science, destroys all error and brings immortality to light" (p. 305).

What cause for rejoicing that the light of Love does not leave mortals forever groping in the darkness of erring, sinful beliefs, but compels them, by its gentle attractions, to look upward and seek their native air and opportunity, until, imbued with strength and health, they sweeten and enrich with their blossomings the barren places of human life.

What thankfulness should fill all hearts that the manifestations of divine Love in Christian Science are correcting our false concepts and bringing to mankind a right understanding of God and His creations.

Have love! Not love for one alone,
But man as man thy brother call;
And scatter, like the circling sun,
Thy charities on all.

Schiller.

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