The Bible proclaims the liberty which the understanding of God's presence bestows. Paul said (II Cor. 3:17), "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." His words were not empty boasts; he had proved them by healing the sick, raising the dead, escaping from prison, surviving shipwreck, preaching Christ in a hostile, pagan world. Mary Baker Eddy asks in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 356), "When will the world waken to the privilege of knowing God, the liberty and glory of His presence, —where
'He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.'"
Christian Science is waking many to the privilege of knowing God as the Scriptures reveal Him—a loving Father whose presence brings healing and peace. Thus Science bestows a higher liberty than any political system can evolve, bringing release from the tyranny of material environment and the belief that life is confined in a prison of flesh. Such freedom comes when one finds through Science that man is not a fleshly mortal, but a spiritual idea. He is God's image, and his life in Spirit is uncircumscribed by matter.
