RECENTLY visiting one of our large stores I saw on exhibition a necklace of pearls of rare beauty, and to mortal sense, one of great price, but oh! so different from the pearl of great price "which, when the merchant had found, he sold all that he had and bought it, for to him it was like unto the kingdom of heaven." As I gazed upon it, I thought of the string of pearls I am finding in our blessed Science and Health. Here I have found that Good is my reality, and not evil, and that I am not in enforced bondage to the so-called material senses, and that I need not bend to the yoke of materia medica, and to a theology that teaches the supreme power of both good and evil; the result of which teaching is the bondage of sin, sickness and death.
Truly this book is a priceless gem; its pages one grand string of pearls; so pure, so attractive, that the studying and demonstration of it unfolds to those who are seeking in the realm of Mind the Love which is divine. Yet it is free to all, and sooner or later all will rise superior to the material sense and declare for this "pearl of great price." Does it not seem selfish in us to sit at home, comfortably housed, engaged with self, while possessing this knowledge of Truth, this great Light that illumines all who come within its rays, keeping them well and happy, while others are in bondage to sin, sickness and death, not having gazed upon this pearl: this Christ healing, this power of Good, this panacea for all ills?
Let us work! let us be patient, loving and tender to those who seem to refuse this Truth. Then will the Christ be revealed, Love radiate its gentle beams, and lift all out of darkness into this great Light which heals, and reveals to man his dominion, his oneness with the Principle of his being, the only Creator, eternal Life, divine Love, immortal Truth.
