It is written: "Let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." This command is urging its way in response to the query of every sincere worker in the field of Truth, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" What wilt Thou? not, what do I desire; what pleases me; what acme of position is mine? but the child-like reaching, "Lead Thou me," finds itself answered in deed and Truth. Again, it is written: "He must increase, but I must decrease."
We have committed to our charge a great treasure, the grand uplifting Principle, Christian Science, given to us in Science and Health. To him who has tested, through demonstration, the treasure is no longer hidden in an earthen vessel; for the recognition of the quickening power of Spirit, Principle, has been made manifest to present consciousness. To the consciousness so quickened there can be but one modus operandi, namely: Exalt Principle; "Walk in the light!" As in understanding, the idea of Principle increases, so ideas per se decrease.
One of the first steps necessary, in knowing the Truth that makes us free, is, that while we are many members, we must be known, not as many, but as of the "one body in particular,"— and this body is Christ, Principle, Christian Science.
