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38 conceived. We do well to pause here and comprehend clearly what Mrs. Eddy means by “nature that is spiritual and not expressed in matter.” Evidently from such a nature all material objects are excluded. Again she means nature with all temporal relations excluded, for that nature which is identical with God is eternal and without change. What kind of nature is this? The following quotation will throw light on the question: “Principle and its idea is one, and this one is God, omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent Being, and His reflection is man and the universe.” For Mrs. Eddy, “Principle and idea” or God and man constitute, it seems, the universe. As we are trying to follow Mrs. Eddy we must attempt to comprehend this doctrine however difficult the task is. But we can succeed as this is no newly traveled road. Many have gone this way before and made it possible for both the author of Christian Science and us. I can promise the reader that it will be easier for him as we proceed; for, I repeat, Christian Science is a system of metaphysics and the study of other doctrines will make this one clearer. So let us go along carefully but steadily to the end.

Mrs. Eddy again says: “Allness is the measure of the infinite, and nothing less can express God”; “the only realities are the divine Mind and idea.” It would be difficult for Mrs. Eddy