How wise Adelaide Still
became! She says that Mrs. Eddy told the workers “that she found herself
on the mount of revelation where all was good [and] there was no evil in her
consciousness, but she did not know how she got there. In order that the
revelation should be proved practical in redeeming mankind, she had to come
down from this mount and seek the way to demonstrate it daily” (p. 454).
What a work this was and is for mankind!
Adelaide records Mrs. Eddy’s
words: “Whenever there seems to be a need or lack in your experience, this
simply indicates the scientific fact that this seeming need is already supplied
by God’s gracious abundance. Then give thanks with your whole heart
because you have learned in Christian Science that God’s supply is on hand” (p.
484).
This
reminds me of a set of wonderfully descriptive nouns in a favourite passage in
Eddy’s book Science & Health with Key
to the Scriptures: “Through the magnitude of his
human life, he demonstrated the divine Life. Out of the amplitude
of his pure affection, he defined Love. With the affluence of
Truth, he vanquished error.” (p. 54:1-5)
Magnitude (Noah Webster): Greatness;
grandeur. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect.
Amplitude (ibid)
Largeness; extent of
capacity or intellectual powers; as, amplitude of mind.
Affluence (ibid)
Literally, a flowing to, or concourse.
(rarely used). Figuratively, abundance of riches; wealth
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