TO grasp fully the immense scope and God-given completeness of Mary Baker Eddy's mission, it is necessary that one acknowledge the Biblical authority of Christian Science, perceive increasingly the spiritual nature of eternal Truth, and accept understanding the manner of Truth's appearing to human consciousness.
The discovery of Christian Science was an event fraught with tremendous meaning for mankind. Such an event, comparable only to the birth of Christ Jesus, did not come to earth unforeseen by the spiritually minded. The coming of the "Spirit of truth," or Comforter, of which Jesus spoke, is part of Biblical prophecy found in both Old and New Testaments. Nor does the unfolding of Biblical prophecy pause at this stage of ascending thought, but continues ever upward to the foreknowledge of the ultimate destruction of material consciousness and all belief in the reality of matter.
Christ, Truth, apparent in this age as Christian Science, is of God. Its slightest perception in individual consciousness heals and purifies. And only a consciousness pure and close to God, as was Mrs. Eddy's, could so transparently express the pure and unadulterated Word of God to this and succeeding ages. The work of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science demanded much more than the demonstration of freedom from the limitations of human belief. It also involved the specific perception and acceptance of God's direction and power.
