In one of the Canadian towns where Science is still young and the numbers few, it is the practice to take a special subject as the keynote to the Friday evening meeting. This topic is given out on the Sunday previous so that all may work upon it during the week. Those who can do no more are expected to repeat an appropriate verse of Scripture or give a statement from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. In this way, beginners and strangers learn something of the Principle of Christian Science; thought is trained to concentration, and when there are demonstrations of healing to be told, they naturally find their place and so verify the statements of Truth.
This little band reaped a rich harvest by working several weeks on the thought of obedience. First, it was found that obedience leads to perception. How often we have been assured of this by our beloved Mother, while we, in too many instances, with fear and resistance, have held back, not willing, like Abraham to go forth without knowing "whither." A deep realization came from pondering the words of some fellow-worker who wrote in the September, 1895, Journal: "Abiding under the shadow of the Almighty —in the pure consciousness of the Allness of God, cheerfully obedient to the demands of Truth and Love, we cannot fail to demonstrate the power of the Word,"
Obedience then, means, first, loyality to God and our Leader, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, a "here am I," whenever her voice is heard calling us through the darkness. It means persistence in the face of obstacles, though they tower up as mountains; it means preeminently, the child-likeness and readiness to be least in pride, place, and power; it means "peace be still" to all the mortal tumult and clamoring; it is instant in prayer, ''bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ"; it is safety; it leads the way to immortal youth, and finally, let us not forget that" it means everlasting victory, or all the glorious promises fulfilled,— the inheritance of the children of God realized or made real.
