Several years ago I was invited to give an address to a group of Christian Scientists. I dearly wanted to study and write about the senses, and to understand more deeply the true senses of Soul—God. I had a year to do it, and I embarked enthusiastically. I had worn glasses for quite a number of years, and I thought it would beautifully round out this address if I could understand the spiritual sense of sight sufficiently so that I could read my address without glasses, showing forth positive proof that Christian Science heals.
I worked diligently. But as the time grew near, I was no closer to putting off my glasses than I had been at the beginning. I was greatly tempted to delete the part of my address relating to sight. How could I, I thought, tell all these wonderful truths about sight with a pair of specs on my nose?
As I wrestled with this decision, the thought came to me that whether I had spectacles on my nose or not, the truths of God and man that I had studied remained the truth. The truth could not be devalued or diminished; it was an inviolate fact, not made true by me, with or without glasses!
