First thought: Discovery is everything. Second thought: There is one paramount amendment to that first thought. Unless a discovery—a powerful spiritual discovery—has continuance, a way to assure that the initial discovery will not be lost, the first thought is practically meaningless.
Christianity has immensely benefited mankind with its power of reformation and tendency for almost constant self-reexamination. And therein lie tremendous lessons. But one of Christianity's most bitter lessons is that the loss of Christian healing was perhaps the greatest of all post-Calvary tragedies.
This may be the single most important reason why the discovery of Christian Science and the founding of the Church of Christ, Scientist, have had such a strong impact in the world. Christian Science has recovered for Christianity and mankind the healing works of Christ. The record of Christian Science has been one of people's rediscovering why faith in God and hope in His Christ are justified. All of this is possible not only because the Science of Christ has been discovered but because the Discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, also saw that the discovery would only be complete if it were to become permanent.
