ANYONE who knows Truth feels the impulsion to share it. Truth has power and purpose to assert itself. It is unselfish, impartial, universal. It is unconfined, not subject to private ownership which could exclude it from anyone. It has no inclination to withhold.
In the true meaning of these statements lies the explanation of the deep unselfishness of Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and of the deep unselfishness she expected of her followers. Mrs. Eddy knew Truth. She proclaimed it to be God. She had no choice but to proclaim it. Truth asserted itself in her consciousness and was manifest in her experience as healing, that is, as progressive restoration to the normalcy of dominion and harmony, which characterize man.
When, in accord with the self-assertiveness of Truth, Mrs. Eddy told mankind what she perceived, those who understood what she was saying and applied it experienced for themselves the healing effect of Truth's self-assertion, and they in turn told others. Mrs. Eddy was impressed by the inevitability of this telling. Accordingly, she made provision for it as a permanent activity of her Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, and its branches, wherever located, in every quarter of the globe.
