The more one studies Christian Science, the more he realizes the infinite scope and depth of the revelation that came to Mrs. Eddy. It sometimes seems overwhelming. So much so that one can readily appreciate Sir Isaac Newton's observation: "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." Quoted in Sir David Brewster, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton (Edinburgh: Thomas Constable and Co., 1855), Vol. II, p. 407.
The earnest student of divine metaphysics endeavors not to be overly occupied with the seashore of matter but to explore spiritually the great ocean of Truth as revealed through Christian Science. And in order to do so, he must go ever deeper. So profound is the teaching of this Science that a superficial reading of its textbook, Science and Health, and of Mrs. Eddy's other writings cannot bring the deep insights, the clear comprehension, the substantial rewards, that come from a spiritually inspired and more penetrating study. As our Leader writes in Science and Health, "We must look deep into realism instead of accepting only the outward sense of things." Science and Health, p. 129.
Like the Master we must see through the veneer of matter in order to discern the real substance of being. Referring to Christ Jesus, Science and Health states, "He plunged beneath the material surface of things, and found the spiritual cause." Ibid., p. 313. An oil driller, a well digger, a mine worker, often must go down deep to find the oil, the water, the coal, or the precious minerals he seeks. Are we equally willing to dig deeply—to probe penetratingly for the understanding of Christian Science, which brings far more valuable spiritual treasures?
