CHRISTIAN SCIENCE is teaching to-day the way to gain a clear realization of man's God-given heritage of freedom from every speculative and mischievous so-called law of matter. This teaching brings into individual experience relief from discord, as well as the practical comfort of holy aspiration, making it possible to understand man's true individuality as a child of the loving, ever present Father, who is ever ready to render immediate aid, ever available in seemingly the most desperate conditions.
In Revelation, the beloved disciple John, whom our Leader speaks of as the "immortal scribe of Spirit and of a true idealism" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 571), writes, "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." When he wrote these words, Mrs. Eddy tells us (ibid., p. 572), he "had not yet passed the transitional stage in human experience called death, but he already saw a new heaven and a new earth."
Does not this indicate what courageous effort and persistency should be ours, that we may draw closer in intelligent understanding to the divine Principle of our salvation? Let us not delay by weary waiting to pull towards the harbor of refuge, which is no mythical sanctuary afar off. This refuge is not difficult to get at, but easy of access in the present moment of need. This refuge is a demonstrable fact to those willing to make a whole-hearted effort to turn to the healing Christ, ever ready to enter consciousness. Divine Principle, God, will accompany us all the way along the path Jesus has already trod for our example. The living Christ! Before its presence the shadows of earth flee away.
