Perhaps no word in our language is subject to a wider variety of interpretations than is the word day. Mankind evaluate it in a multiplicity of ways. To some it means expectation and adventure; to others drudgery or frightened waiting; to still others listless boredom or the uncertainty of luck.
Day, to the Christian Scientist, should progressively exhibit the scope of its scientific definition as found in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 584). Here the Leader of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy, defines "day" in part as, "The irradiance of Life; light, the spiritual idea of Truth and Love." And she continues: "The objects of time and sense disappear in the illumination of spiritual understanding, and Mind measures time according to the good that is unfolded. This unfolding is God's day, and 'there shall be no night there.' "
In this definition Mrs. Eddy lifts day above the realm of time and sense and reveals its scientific nature. This is of inestimable value to mankind; for such a concept frees men from false responsibility and self-condemnation and releases native abilities and capacities, which the belief of time and sense would obscure or destroy. In Science, day is seen to be Mind's unfoldment of timeless good. Think of experiencing a day that is timeless, a day not held between the hands of a clock or measured by seconds or schedules. Such a day includes no rushing, no waiting, no strain, no effort. Here all good is actively going on, and day records harmonious unfolding rather than uncertain or personal achievement. Known thus, day neither adds age nor takes away strength. It does not bring one closer to a tomb, but it illustrates instead the immortality of Life. The light of this day is the understanding of the Christ, which neither dawns nor sets, but remains forever at the noon of perfection.
