The world has about recovered from the first shock occasioned by the proclamation of the Gospel of Mental Healing. Its birth-throes have been prolonged by the false claims laid upon it. The craze and curiosity of the frivolous are finding Christian Science to be beyond their reach. The fears of the sober-minded are fast subsiding, and their thoughts are coming upon a surer foundation.
The attitude of the church reminds one of a certain dignified old lady, who had her gravity unsettled by being badly knocked about in a crowd, and then began to rearrange her garments, smoothe back her hair, and put on a serener countenance. What a long spiritual distance the church is from the hidden meaning of the Bible; yet this hidden meaning is what gives it Life.
Christian Science is the mightiest Christianizing power since the days of the Apostles. The triumph of Christian Science is grander than that of Evangelicism. When thought is quickened, and the condition of holy inspiration perfected, we are made capable of becoming all that is noblest, loftiest, purest, in Christian character, thought, and action. Christian Science is scientifically certain, Scripturally evident, and philosophically true.
