TO one who has gained any understanding whatsoever of Christian Science, the vastness of its demonstration is to some extent apparent. The far reach of its potential power is seen in Jesus' ability not only to come forth from the sepulcher but, greater still, to ascend unto his Father and our Father. And his words assure us that we, too, may follow; for did he not say, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also"?
On page 242 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" Mrs. Eddy writes, "Christian Science is absolute; it is neither behind the point of perfection nor advancing towards it; it is at this point and must be practised therefrom." The vastness and absoluteness of Christian Science are set forth in another statement which admits of no compromise. On page 565 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy declares, "Christ, God's idea, will eventually rule all nations and peoples—imperatively, absolutely, finally—with divine Science."
In comparison with these statements and our Master's demonstration over death and the grave,—over all fleshliness,—we may think our own beginning no mightier than the feeble flicker of candlelight viewed beside the splendor of the sun. But, even so, we have set our face in the right direction, and the example of our Master can always be kept in thought as our ultimate goal. The vastness and absoluteness of Christian Science once seen, we shall not be tempted into mirage-paths again, where signposts aim to allure by promise of short cuts into the demonstrable Science of Life.
