In "Miscellaneous Writings," Mrs. Eddy tells us (p. 354), "A little more grace, a motive made pure, a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a character subdued, a life consecrated, would restore the right action of the mental mechanism, and make manifest the movement of body and soul in accord with God." Thus the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science lists the requirements that a student who desires to enjoy harmonious living must fulfill.
Early in his study the student of Christian Science glimpses how practical a religion it is. But as he studies more deeply, he discovers how different is the Christian Scientist's approach to his problems from that of the individual who trusts in material remedies, psychology, or human intellect.
In the pressure and strain of modern living, men and women seek in every direction for something to quiet fear and to bring peace and steadiness to thought. Yet they might hear with amazement of the requirements pointed out by Mrs. Eddy. But he who with faithfulness and perseverance follows these divinely inspired instructions will progressively manifest in his human experience that which in reality has belonged to man from all eternity, namely the harmony and perfection of spiritual being. No insubordinate thought or uncontrolled movement of body, no paralysis or arrested growth, can remain when "the movement of body and soul" is "in accord with God."
