The spirit of divine adventure animated Mary Baker Eddy as she set forth to reveal the Science of Christianity to mankind. It was the beginning of the greatest adventure which the world had witnessed since the day when "Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about."
The significance of this event, undertaken and carried forward with never a thought of retreat or capitulation, in the face of every form of religious, intellectual, and traditional opposition, was fully recognized by its author. On page 234 of "Miscellaneous Writings" by Mrs. Eddy we read: "That one should have ventured on such unfamiliar ground, and, self-forgetful, should have gone on to establish this mighty system of metaphysical healing, called Christian Science, against such odds,— even the entire current of mortality, —is matter of grave wonderment to profound thinkers."
Christian Science demands of its followers today that they evince no less resolution and initiative, enthusiasm and self-sacrifice, than were shown by its Discoverer and Founder and those earlier pioneers who served with her to establish the truth. He who comes to Christian Science, in this century, recognized and respected, as it is, with its many beautiful churches spread over the globe, with its efficient organization of Reading Rooms, literature, and lectures, may be inclined to think that because the pioneer days of the Cause are over, the element of adventure is gone also. But this is not so. For the Christian Scientist every day should be one of great, indeed of thrilling adventure, demanding resourcefulness, consecration, willingness to dare all in moral courage and devotion, that he may be worthy of his calling. In this spirit of initiative and enterprise, he is acting not only for himself; he has become one of a great throng of adventurers who are setting out to prove to the world, whatever opposition they may encounter, that Christian Science is the Comforter promised by Christ Jesus.
