The material questions
at this age on the reappearing of the infantile thought of God's
man, are after the manner of a mother in the flesh, though their
answers pertain to the spiritual idea, as in Christian Science:
—
Is he deformed?
He is wholly symmetrical; the one altogether lovely.
Is the babe a son, or
daughter?
Both son and daughter: even the compound idea of
all that
resembles God.
How much does he weigh?
His substance outweighs the material world.
How old is he?
Of his days there is no beginning and no ending.
What is his name?
Christ Science.
Who are his parents,
brothers, and sisters?
His Father and Mother are divine Life, Truth, and Love; and they
who do the will of his Father are his brethren.
Is he heir to an estate?
"The government shall be
upon his shoulder!" He as dominion over the whole earth; and in
admiration of his origin, he exclaims, "I thank Thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things from
the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes !"
Is he wonderful?
His works thus prove him. He giveth power, peace, and holiness;
he exalteth the lowly; he giveth liberty to the captive, health
to the sick, salvation from sin to the sinner — and overcometh
the world !
Go, and tell what things
ye shall see and hear: how the blind, spiritually and
physically, receive sight; how the lame, those halting between
two opinions or hobbling on crutches, walk; how the physical and
moral lepers are cleansed; how the deaf — those who, having
ears, hear not, and are afflicted with "tympanum on the brain" —
hear; how the dead, those buried in dogmas and physical
ailments, are raised; that to the poor — the lowly in Christ,
not the man-made rabbi — the gospel is preached. Note this: only
such as are pure in spirit, emptied of vainglory and vain
knowledge, receive Truth.
Here ends the colloquy;
and a voice from heaven seems to say, "Come and see."
The nineteenth-century
prophets repeat, "Unto us a son is given."
The shepherds shout, "We
behold the appearing of
the star!" — and the pure in
heart clap their hands.
