Every blade of grass, every flower or tree or house, has a structure that gives it strength, form, and expression, enabling it to perform its function.
What of Church?
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, defines "Church" in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures as "the structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle." She reminds us that this structure is to be realized in practice when she goes on to say, "The Church is that institution, which affords proof of its utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the dormant understanding from material beliefs to the apprehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of divine Science, thereby casting out devils, or error, and healing the sick."Science and Health, p. 583;
