Many today are longing for the restoration of health, financial security, home. In Science and Health we find the solution to this problem in these words of Mrs. Eddy's (p. 242): "Mere speculation or superstition appropriates no part of the divine vesture, while inspiration restores every part of the Christly garment of righteousness." Since it is inspiration which restores, we naturally want to know who is qualified to possess this inspiration and how this restoration is to be effected.
Thousands of years of ignorance, fear, false education, human theories, and vague conjectures have given no hint of men's access to the unchanging love of God. Time alone would never bring to one the understanding of spiritual being. Where, then, shall we find it?
Moses learned to talk with God, face to face, and was so inspired by his conscious awareness of His presence that he was able to lead an entire nation to the worship of the one true God. Jesus received his inspiration directly from communion with the Father. There were times when the multitude so clamored for his presence that he had to go apart for this communion with the Father; on more than one occasion he went up a mountain to pray.
