The Invisible Will Become Visible
After a brief winter hiatus, I am happy to relate today’s blog titled, “The Invisible Will Become Visible.” This week’s Bible Lesson focuses on “Sacrament,” and section three relates a quote from Mary Baker Eddy, discoverer and founder of Christian Science, in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, the following:
“As mortals gain more correct views of God and man, multitudinous objects of creation, which before were invisible, will become visible.” (p. 264:13-15)
In furtherance of this discussion, Annie M. Knott writes in the Sentinel, August 15,1914 article, “Invisible things,” the following:
“The Scripture writers agree in saying that God is invisible, and Christian Science goes even farther in saying that the man who is God's likeness is also invisible to material sense. Respecting this, Mrs. Eddy says (Science and Health, p. 264), ‘As mortals gain more correct views of God and man, multitudinous objects of creation, which before were invisible, will become visible.’ These objects will have to be apprehended first mentally and spiritually, then they will take the place of the distorted views accepted by mortals as the facts of existence. This would explain the incident at Nain, when Jesus and some of his humble followers were entering that town. To mortal sense ‘a dead man’ was being carried out for burial, but the spiritual fact must have been ‘clearly seen’ by the Master, who said on another occasion, ‘If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.’ The young man was restored to his mother, and great was the change which came over all who were present, for we read that ‘they glorified God,’ and saw, though perhaps but dimly, that He had ‘visited his people.’”
We read in Romans 1:20, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”
“O blest is he to whom is given
The instinct that can tell
That God is on the field, although
He seems invisible.”
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 86:2)
Kenneth Foster, CS
