The subject of church building and dedication is one of deep interest to students of Christian Science. We are all builders. And is it not the church triumphant, "the structure of Truth and Love" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 583), that we are all daily seeking to build in our individual consciousness?
Our Leader, in speaking of this perfect Church, says (Pulpit and Press, p. 3), "No longer are we of the church militant, but of the church triumphant." In this statement Mrs. Eddy indicates to us the possibility of attaining the vision of the church triumphant right where we are in human experience. But we shall never be able to envisage this perfect structure while holding in thought a limited, finite sense of church.
No progress can ever be made in Christian Science by working from the finite to the infinite. We must always work from the standpoint of our oneness with the infinite. In "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" Mrs. Eddy confirms this method of progress. She says (p. 242), "Christian Science is absolute; it is neither behind the point of perfection nor advancing towards it; it is at this point and must be practised therefrom." As metaphysicians we have accepted this absolute basis for demonstrating Christian Science and find that in proportion to our spiritual understanding is physical and mental inharmony destroyed.
