To one who has gained any understanding of the Principle taught by Christian Science, it seems strange that the Bible has been read during all these years with so little real conception of what the words actually teach. I am not one to cry down other systems of religion, or make sweeping charges against others. The old systems contain much that is good; but does it follow that because they are good, there is nothing better?
This is an age of progress, and shall we admit that there is advancement on all other lines than that which, of all others, is most important? that which not only concerns us now, but is of eternal moment? Is it reasonable to suppose that we may transact all ordinary business upon new and improved plans, but that in spiritual things we must follow in the steps of those who have gone before, asking no questions for conscience's sake, suffering from a belief in the countless inharmonies of the flesh, the belief that sickness is sent upon us by God, that we must bow down before and be governed by all the laws of heredity and contagion which mortal mind, not God, has made? Shall we subscribe to creeds and doctrines, and make them the rule of our life, simply because our forefathers endorsed them? Does the practical business man of to-day say, What was good enough for my parents and grandparents, is good enough for me? Is it not time that Christians awoke to a realizing sense of the Truth as it was taught by Jesus? Is it not time for us all to wake up and be wiser in spiritual matters?
Paul divided the universe into two parts only, the seen and the unseen. It is safe to say that few have any distinct idea of the line which divides the seen from the unseen. Indeed, I believe it true that the majority of people, even among the thinking classes, give this subject no serious consideration.
