History of Christian Science – Your Power And Dominion

Writings of Herbert Eustace

(Your Power And Dominion – page 64)

CORRECT APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

“Ignorance of the error to be eradicated oftentimes subjects you to its abuse.”(S&H 446:31) This is a true and definite statement of fact. The Christian Scientist who thinks he can attain the

65
kingdom of heaven without understanding the modus operandi of evil, for the time being, is doomed to disappointment.
Essential to this understanding also is the modus operandi of the unfoldment through which Christian Science has passed in its establishment and presentation to the world. There are those who think that this unfoldment and the understanding of it are not at all necessary to their growth and grasp of Christian Science. In this they are mistaken, for some understanding of the history of Christian Science, as presented to human belief, is as necessary as is some understanding of the history of music or of mathematics to a correct appreciation of either.

ENLIGHTENING WAY-MARKS

This is particularly necessary in obtaining a clear sense of the many and wonderful ways Mrs. Eddy was guided and directed by divine Mind to found the institution of Christian Science.
In due time all of Mrs. Eddy’s actions in the establishment of Christian Science will be carefully gathered together and given to the world and will show how every step was the elimination of human beliefs for spiritual oneness.

66
The Boston Case introduced a letter written Sept. 30, 1918, by the Board of Trustees to the Board of Directors, which has been perhaps rightly called a second Declaration of Independence. You would not today be enjoying the freedom of thought that you are, if the truth of that letter had not been the animating motive of Mrs. Eddy’s Deed of Trust of 1898, constituting the trusteeship, and finally bringing to light the utter futility and uselessness of so-called organization in relation to the understanding and demonstration of Christian Science. “Every step of progress is a step more spiritual. The great element of reform is not born of human wisdom; it draws not its life from human organizations; rather is it the crumbling away of material elements from reason, the translation of law back to its original language,-Mind, and the final unity between God and man.” (Peo. 1:1.)

* * * * * * * * * *