THE Scriptures set forth in unequivocal terms that dominion is man's legitimate heritage. Christian Science elucidates and confirms by practical demonstration the undeniable fact that dominion is God's gift to man as His son.
The question arises, Why do men evidence such a pitiably limited degree of the dominion which is man's by divine right? Some of the ancient worthies excelled the students of Christian Science of to-day in their demonstration of dominion, notwithstanding the fact that they were but one or two generations removed from idol worship; which fact should set aside any self-excusing thought of unfavorable environment and conditions on the part of present-day demonstrators of Christian Science. In the ratio that one refuses to accept a material sense of God and man, and demonstrates the true spiritual sense, one finds one's self proportionably exercising his birthright of dominion. By bowing down to and serving theories of matter one shuts one's self away from a clear recognition of the presence of God as the Mind of man; whereas, such spiritual recognition confers dominion over the arguments of matter and the conditions seemingly produced thereby.
The pages of Holy Writ teem with accounts showing man's dominion over erring word, motive, and act, which should hearten us of to-day with the sure sense that we, as the sons of God, are equipped with ability and power to express dominion under any condition that material sense may contrive. Thoughtful dissection of the theories spun by material sense and the phenomena produced thereby is an illuminating study, and tends to set thought at work toward successful dominion over materiality. Discussing this subject, Mrs. Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 114), "Science shows that what is termed matter is but the subjective state of what is termed by the author mortal mind." Again, she designates matter as "an error of statement" (ibid., p. 277). But "an error of statement" cannot be regarded as an entity. It therefore is an unsound premise upon which to base reasoning.
