Daily, cases in which a multitude of witnesses present testimony and evidence are being tried in the courts of many lands. Throughout her writings, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, speaks much of witnesses and witnessing, and she uses legal terms and figures of speech to illustrate her spiritual teachings.
Mrs. Eddy's allegory of the trial of Mortal Man, appearing near the close of the chapter on Christian Science Practice in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," is familiar to all students of her works. We learn from this allegory that to the spiritual senses, man, the image and likeness of God, is always guiltless. In the decision of the Supreme Bench, in favor of Man and adverse to Matter, the plea of False Belief was considered entirely untenable, not worthy of consideration.
The Apostle Paul said (Rom. 8:16), "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." Job, in his desolation of thought, lamented that even his wrinkles were a witness against him. But in a higher mood he cried (Job 16:19), "Now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high."
