CHRISTIAN SCIENCE imparts the true understanding of magnitude and proves itself an unerring guide to all who understand and practice its teachings. In giving to its students a scientific sense of values, of essentials versus nonessentials of substance versus shadow, it rules out pettiness and establishes a standard of conduct inspired and sustained by divine Principle. Basic trueness and nobility of thought, warmth of pure spiritual affection, undivided love of good, lift one above small grievances and belittling emotions, centered on materiality. Reflection of Truth results in obliteration of the belief in evil. To the true Christian Scientist, offense, offender, and offended fade into insignificance before the magnitude and freedom of divine Truth.
What is magnitude? On page 54 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy indicates its source in the following statement relating to Jesus: "Through the magnitude of his human life, he demonstrated the divine Life." The divine Life, God, lends to man, His likeness, the grandeur of spiritual perfection, the joy of reflecting universal Love, conscious oneness with everything beautiful, unerring, satisfying. Naturally, this magnitude derived from divine Mind elevates human thought, speech, and action above the common standard, and awakens mankind to the unchallenged dominion of Life, Truth, and Love.
As Christ Jesus moved amid motley crowds with human lowliness and spiritual authority, he gave evidence of the resistless might of universal Love. He exposed and proved the nothingness of that which was contrary to God's will and law. One of the Master's aims was to render others conscious of their sonship, even as he was conscious of his own; hence the vigilance, forgiveness, and healing power which he expressed on all occasions. The merely personal homage or dishomage of men meant nothing to him, for he, the faithful Son, sought only the homage of the Father. Jesus could not be misled by corporeal sense because he was divinely led through spiritual sense. To many, the teachings of the Way-shower gave offense, but he himself did not take offense, for he did not think of slights, but of salvation. In a word, Christ Jesus was magnanimous.
