Communication, the arts, business management, transportation, have all been changing drastically in this century. The reason lies deeper than changing technology. Fundamental concepts of what it means to travel, manage, and communicate have been expanding.
Over a century ago, with the appearance of Christian Science, a new concept of man himself began to emerge. And this spiritual view of man certainly augurs the greatest changes of all in the life of mankind. This conception has man as the very expression of God, the infinite Mind and Father of man. It consciously rejects views of man as a fallen mortal trying desperately to reinstate himself with divinity, or as a hapless offspring of the material universe, coping through some spark of evolutionary wit.
Christ Jesus is of course the fountainhead of this true idea for mankind. He is also the model or Exemplar of its powerful effect in human life. In his ministry it brought healing of disease, dispelled madness, inspired individuals with purpose, and afforded mankind a whole new vista of possibility. Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science, was the leader in breaking through the persistent patterns of mortal thought that had clouded this original Christian understanding. Her discovery and its full statement in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures are still acting on the atmosphere of human thought, clearing and enlightening.
