Suppose you were asked to give a major address to a large group of people only moments before the time you were to speak. Could you do it?
On June 14, 1888, Mary Baker Eddy was faced with such a challenge. It was in Chicago that she gave the address "Science and the Senses." See Miscellaneous Writings, p. 98; She stood facing that expectant gathering only moments after being made aware that she was to be the guest speaker. Turning selflessly to God, divine Mind, who is always ready, she gave an inspired, rousing message. With absolute devotion to the spiritual facts of being and without compromise or embellishments, she spoke. "Science is absolute and final," ibid., p. 99; she said. And later on, "Science speaks when the senses are silent, and then the evermore of Truth is triumphant." ibid., p. 100;
Couldn't we learn something from this event that can be applied in our Sunday Schools? We need to turn away from sense (that is, from a material, personal sense of things) to God, as Mrs. Eddy did on that podium. We can listen spiritually, as she did, so that we each can become more expressive of Truth, sharing its inspiration with our class.
