One of the first discoveries made by the sincere seeker of the truth in his study of Christian Science is the scientific exactness of Mary Baker Eddy's use of words. Her clear way of saying things is characteristic of her works. A specific instance of this is found on page 133 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," where she writes: "My beloved church will not receive a Message from me this summer, for my annual Message is swallowed up in sundries already given out. These crumbs and monads will feed the hungry, and the fragments gathered therefrom should waken the sleeper,—'dead in trespasses and sins,'—set the captive sense free from self's sordid sequela; and one more round of old Sol give birth to the sowing of Solomon."
Since these words were written, those who have been healed while gathering these fragments of truth have testified to the fact that they have been spiritually fed, enlightened, and awakened from sinful appetites and desires, a fact which indicates that they were set "free from self's sordid sequela." To one earnestly seeking such freedom a profound healing message is available in the paragraph just quoted, especially if he makes use of the Concordances to Mrs. Eddy's writings and studies the references to "self." As the truth gained in this study begins to operate in his thought he will find self-centered, egotistical traits of character dissolving and disappearing.
The immutable truth that there is but one God—Mind, Soul, Spirit—but one deific law or rule governing and controlling the universe, makes it evident that the Divine Being cannot be divided into beings any more than the sun can be divided into parts and then operate as a whole unit. These "crumbs" and "monads" of truth will show the one who is seeking the truth how to rise above the false belief of mortality and the fetters of human personality, how to claim immortality's selfhood—his spiritual being—and be conscious of his radiant self, having no kinship with the dust concept of man.
