In a day when natural science is seemingly pre-eminent, when what Mrs. Eddy termed the "speculative theories" of creation are being taught in the colleges, voiced from the lecture platform, flashed at us through so-called "educational movies," and even forced upon us at dinner tables and friends' firesides as the truth— Christian Scientists appreciate gratefully, as never before, the clarity of Mary Baker Eddy, and the completeness of her spiritual revelation regarding the unreality of matter.
Consider, for instance, the atomic theory as to the origin of the world and material man. Vast tomes have been written on the so-called atom: supposedly a microscopic bit, too small to be seen by the naked eye." It was presumably the old Roman, Lucretius, who started it all. In his poem, "On the Nature of Things," he asserted that all things in the world were made of hard, uncuttable atoms. It was his theory that these scattered particles originally were blowing vaguely through space until, due to some mysterious cause, they chanced to fly in one direction; and thus the world and all in it were created. A dust storm began it all!
The atomic theory is stilt held true by most matter-scientists. Only it is asserted now that the atom, instead of being a hard, uncuttable ball, is a tiny container of bits of electricity. It is claimed that every human being is made up of billions of these atoms, and the universe of many billions more. Not one of these atoms is ever still. All—we are solemnly assured —are dancing madly. Today, therefore, according to the matter-scientists, the entire material universe is based on electricity.
