Mortal measurements and limits are two of the meanings Mrs. Eddy uses to describe time. The complete definition of the word as found in the Glossary of Science and Health is: "Time. Mortal measurements; limits, in which are summed up all human acts, thoughts, beliefs, opinions, knowledge; matter; error; that which begins before, and continues after, what is termed death, until the mortal disappears and spiritual perfection appears."Science and Health, p. 595;
As dealt with humanly, time often denotes duration of a false belief and delay in seeing its falsity. But Christian Science comes to prove that man is more, infinitely more, than a mortal bound by mortality's limitations. As God's image and likeness, he is spiritual and perfect now. Glimpsing the present perfection of man through spiritual understanding, one begins to recognize his own true identity, and from then on the process by which he arrives at affirmations of truth becomes less and less laborious and prolonged. Thus, in continuing measure he is effacing the bondage of time beliefs.
Freedom from belief in time process and delay then becomes more and more apparent. One is freed from the claim that a healing is slow, released from the arguments that a right desire remains unfulfilled or that a good purpose is frustrated.
