If we think of life in terms of divine laws, we shall draw nearer to the spiritual meaning of existence. Spirit is not nebulous, changeful, or vaguely expressed by mysterious phenomena. Such misconceptions arise from an ignorance of God. When this ignorance is dispelled, Spirit, God, is seen to embody the laws of good, and every phenomenon is seen to express divine law and to be inseparable from it. An ill-defined belief concerning God results in an erroneous idea concerning man, and if this erroneous view is accepted, we fail to appreciate the meaning of true being.
Christian Science does not add to sense testimony. On the contrary, it deprives material sense of its claim to testify. Mary Baker Eddy placed all reality in the realm of Spirit and its laws of harmony. She writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 107), "In the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and named my discovery Christian Science."
Mark her words carefully. She did not grope about in the realm of speculation or fly on the wings of fancy. She made a discovery concerning God and His laws and their application to human existence. Why then, it may be asked, has not her discovery obtained immediate and universal acceptance? In view of the faithlessness and stubborn resistance of the carnal mind to the Christ-idea this is not surprising. For instance, the truths the early astronomers discovered were made available to everyone, but because of false education and a deep-seated desire to remain undisturbed, men failed for a season to accept the discoveries and to enjoy their liberation.
