The moment one begins to discern the spiritual facts of existence as Christian Science reveals them, he has entered the infinite path, which leads to man's immortal life in God. Through dynamic living, not helpless dying, one gains the heavenly kingdom. In the divine realm the family picture consists of God as Father-Mother and the children as ideas, eternally united in Spirit. Here every relationship is intact, unmarred by dissension or by death. In scientific being, God is supreme; His law is enforced. Harmony belongs to this unity; so do sinlessness, health, joy, tireless activity. Being unfolds forever because God is inexhaustible in goodness and variety and in freshness of expression.
To walk in the infinite path, one must give up the mortal self, which reports limited and precarious views of life and joy, and exercise spiritual sense, which takes in views of real being. Mary Baker Eddy says in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 1), "The mounting sense gathers fresh forms and strange fire from the ashes of dissolving self, and drops the world."
In childhood our sense of family is very much centered within the home. Our keenest interests concern the activities of the various members of the household, their personalities, experiences, education, and social life. Our dependence is upon parents and others in the family group. Under normal and right circumstances, family life has a vastly important place in the development of character in the child and youth. Wholesome family life is one of the chief bulwarks of society and deserves our protection and devotion.
