Divine Mind's eternal mandate is for order, and Christian Science demonstrates the obedience to this mandate that is real and universal. In the record of the revelation of spiritual creation found in the first chapter of Genesis we note that "the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep" before God's resounding mandate, "Let there be light," was heard. Does this not imply that no semblance of order or form could be produced if God, divine Mind, was not shining through the mist of false material mentality, the so-called carnal mind, dispelling its chaos —its lack of order?
The pattern of stars, the seasons, the tides, the fragrance and beauty of flowers, the wealth of verdure covering the earth—all hint the presence of spiritual reality and the harmony that indicates the supremacy of Love's mandate. The author of the fiftieth Psalm expressed his thoughts on the subject in these words: "The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined." And Mary Baker Eddy says in her "Miscellaneous Writings" (pp. 331,332): "As mortals awake from their dream of material sensation, this adorable, all-inclusive God, and all earth's hieroglyphics of Love, are understood; and infinite Mind is seen kindling the stars, rolling the worlds, reflecting all space and Life, —but not life in matter. Wisely governing, informing the universe, this Mind is Truth, —not laws of matter."
Through Christian Science, Mind is informing mankind of spiritual formations, unseen by the physical senses, but tangible to spiritual consciousness. Mind is awakening men to know themselves as actually spiritual and obedient to Love's mandate for the intelligence and purity, the harmony and joy, that constitute man in God's image. Through Science they become conscious of real concepts in God's kingdom, much as the sleeper, roused from fantastic dreams, becomes aware of familiar shapes and scenes around him.
