HAVING spent the evening in talking Christian Science, after retiring, the following vision appeared to me, clear and distinct. I have since thought of it many times, only to find it brighter and clearer.
I saw an open country, and a stranger standing beside a large rock. It seemed that the power of God as manifested in Jesus' time, by himself and his disciples in healing the sick and sinful, had been supposed to be lost. The stranger was there to prove that the power of God had neither been lost nor hidden. Said he:"This rock is the power of God; and, from the beginning until now, I have been stationed here to proclaim it. Many have been the attempts made to hide it from all God's children, but they have failed. First, there came the Adam-thought which sought to cover it up with materiality; then came Jesus, and cleared away the rubbish for all those who would see. Afterward, came the churches with their creeds and doctrines, and in belief the rock was again hidden from view. I say in belief,' for only in belief have the many loads of matter, rites, creeds, doctrines, customs etc., been dumped upon the rock. Each one has been deceived in regard to this; for, instead of covering the rock, his load of dust has been blown in his own eyes, and, because he could not see the rock, he supposed it to be buried."
As I was wondering how this promised power would again be revealed to Jesus' followers, I saw something approaching us over the brow of a hill. As it drew nearer, it proved to be the form of a woman slowly dragging herself along and carefully guarding something which she held in her hand. As she approached, I saw it was a book.
