Christian Science is the "new tongue" spoken of in the Bible, and it requires inspiration and consecration' to understand it aright. The reason for this is that the language of Spirit is the Word of God, and "the Word," John said, "was with God, and the Word was God." Jesus declared that knowing the truth would make men free. The "new tongue" unfolds an understanding of God as the creator of a perfect universe, including man.
In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, writes (p. 117), "God is Spirit; therefore the language of Spirit must be, and is, spiritual," adding, "God's essential language is spoken of in the last chapter of Mark's Gospel as the new tongue, the spiritual meaning of which is attained through 'signs following.'" These "signs following," through which is attained the spiritual meaning of the new tongue or the language of Spirit, are essential, for through them the healing power of the Word is made evident to human sense. The following Bible promise leaves no doubt of the healing efficacy of the Word: "He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."
The Bible abounds in examples of healing in which "the Word was made flesh," the power of Truth demonstrated. Jesus' understanding of man's true spiritual being made it possible for him to speak the Word which healed the centurion's servant. Mary Magdalene was saved through the power of the Word, which always brings comfort and joy to the receptive thought. Truly, all Jesus' demonstrations proved that declarations of Truth, in the language of Spirit, make the power of the Word manifest in human affairs.
