Golden Text
Genesis 1:27 God
27. . . God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Responsive Reading
Isaiah 43:1 now, 4 (to :), 5–7, 21; Isaiah 55:12 ye
43:1. . . now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
4Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee:
5Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
6I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
55:12. . . ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Section 1
The Bible
Matthew 23:9 call
9call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Isaiah 66:12 (to 1st ,), 13 (to ;)
12For thus saith the Lord,
13As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you;
Romans 8:16
16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Acts 17:24, 25, 28
24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Science and Health with Key to the Scripturesby Mary Baker Eddy
332:4
Father-
Mother
Father-Mother is the name for Deity, which indicates His tender relationship to His spiritual creation. As the apostle expressed it in words which he quoted with approbation from a classic poet: “For we are also His offspring.”
516:9 (only), 21
God fashions all things, after His own likeness.
Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God.
57:4–5
Union of the masculine and feminine qualities constitutes completeness.
300:1–5
Old and
new man
Human logic is awry when it attempts to draw correct spiritual conclusions regarding life from matter. Finite sense has no true appreciation of infinite Principle, God, or of His infinite image or reflection, man.
263:5
Immortal spiritual man alone represents the truth of creation.
Section 2
The Bible
I Samuel 25:2 (to :), 3 (to 2nd ;), 5, 10 (to 2nd ?), 11–13 (to :), 14, 18, 23–25, 27, 30, 31 (to :), 32, 33, 35
2And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats:
3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings;
5And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
10And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse?
11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
12So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
13And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword:
14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
18Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
24And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
25Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
27And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
30And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
31That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself:
32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
35So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
Proverbs 31:10 (to ?), 26
10Who can find a virtuous woman?
26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Proverbs 19:11
11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Science and Health
405:5–9
Mental
conspirators
Christian Science commands man to master the propensities, — to hold hatred in abeyance with kindness, to conquer lust with chastity, revenge with charity, and to overcome deceit with honesty.
68:4
Sometime we shall learn how Spirit, the great architect, has created men and women in Science. We ought to weary of the fleeting and false and to cherish nothing which hinders our highest selfhood.
409:20
The real man is spiritual and immortal, but the mortal and imperfect so-called “children of men” are counterfeits from the beginning, to be laid aside for the pure reality. This mortal is put off, and the new man or real man is put on, in proportion as mortals realize the Science of man and seek the true model.
248:26–29
Perfect
models
We must form perfect models in thought and look at them continually, or we shall never carve them out in grand and noble lives.
517:8–10
The ideal man corresponds to creation, to intelligence, and to Truth. The ideal woman corresponds to Life and to Love.
Section 3
The Bible
Psalms 67:1–3
1God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us;
2That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
3Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Luke 2:25, 27–32, 36 (to :), 37, 38, 40
25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
27And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser:
37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Numbers 11:29 would
29would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!
Science and Health
593:4
Prophet. A spiritual seer; disappearance of material sense before the conscious facts of spiritual Truth.
258:31–1
Through spiritual sense you can discern the heart of divinity, and thus begin to comprehend in Science the generic term man.
515:21–22 Man
Man is the family name for all ideas, — the sons and daughters of God.
302:14
Definition
of man
Continuing our definition of man, let us remember that harmonious and immortal man has existed forever, and is always beyond and above the mortal illusion of any life, substance, and intelligence as existent in matter. This statement is based on fact, not fable. The Science of being reveals man as perfect, even as the Father is perfect, because the Soul, or Mind, of the spiritual man is God, the divine Principle of all being, and because this real man is governed by Soul instead of sense, by the law of Spirit, not by the so-called laws of matter.
338:31
The ideal man was revealed in due time, and was known as Christ Jesus.
Section 4
The Bible
Jeremiah 33:10 (to 1st ,), 11 (to ;)
10Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place,
11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good;
John 2:1–10 there
1there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
2And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
7Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
8And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
9When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
10And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Matthew 22:30 in
30in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Science and Health
65:3–8
Blessing
of Christ
May Christ, Truth, be present at every bridal altar to turn the water into wine and to give to human life an inspiration by which man’s spiritual and eternal existence may be discerned.
If the foundations of human affection are consistent with progress, they will be strong and enduring.
59:3–8, 11
Differing
duties
There should be the most tender solicitude for each other’s happiness, and mutual attention and approbation should wait on all the years of married life.
Mutual compromises will often maintain a compact which might otherwise become unbearable.
Fulfilling the different demands of their united spheres, their sympathies should blend in sweet confidence and cheer, each partner sustaining the other, — thus hallowing the union of interests and affections, in which the heart finds peace and home.
64:17
Progressive
development
Marriage should signify a union of hearts. Furthermore, the time cometh of which Jesus spake, when he declared that in the resurrection there should be no more marrying nor giving in marriage, but man would be as the angels. Then shall Soul rejoice in its own, in which passion has no part. Then white-robed purity will unite in one person masculine wisdom and feminine love, spiritual understanding and perpetual peace.
582:14–20
Bride. Purity and innocence, conceiving man in the idea of God; a sense of Soul, which has spiritual bliss and enjoys but cannot suffer.
Bridegroom. Spiritual understanding; the pure consciousness that God, the divine Principle, creates man as His own spiritual idea, and that God is the only creative power.
258:13–15, 21
God expresses in man the infinite idea forever developing itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from a boundless basis.
The human capacities are enlarged and perfected in proportion as humanity gains the true conception of man and God.
Section 5
The Bible
I John 1:3
3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Acts 5:12 (to ;), 14, 16
12And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people;
14And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.
16There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
Ephesians 4:7 unto, 13
7unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Science and Health
37:16–17, 20–25
When will Jesus’ professed followers learn to emulate him in all his ways and to imitate his mighty works?
May the Christians of to-day take up the more practical import of that career! It is possible, — yea, it is the duty and privilege of every child, man, and woman, — to follow in some degree the example of the Master by the demonstration of Truth and Life, of health and holiness.
333:19–23
The divine
Principle
and idea
Throughout all generations both before and after the Christian era, the Christ, as the spiritual idea, — the reflection of God, — has come with some measure of power and grace to all prepared to receive Christ, Truth.
259:11
The Christlike understanding of scientific being and divine healing includes a perfect Principle and idea, — perfect God and perfect man, — as the basis of thought and demonstration.
417:10
Maintain the facts of Christian Science, — that Spirit is God, and therefore cannot be sick; that what is termed matter cannot be sick; that all causation is Mind, acting through spiritual law. Then hold your ground with the unshaken understanding of Truth and Love, and you will win. When you silence the witness against your plea, you destroy the evidence, for the disease disappears. The evidence before the corporeal senses is not the Science of immortal man.
67:27
Spiritual, not corporeal, consciousness is needed. Man delivered from sin, disease, and death presents the true likeness or spiritual ideal.
x:11–13, 15–17, 22–23
The author has not compromised conscience to suit the general drift of thought, but has bluntly and honestly given the text of Truth.
By thousands of well-authenticated cases of healing, she and her students have proved the worth of her teachings.
The divine Principle of healing is proved in the personal experience of any sincere seeker of Truth.
249:5–10
Renewed
selfhood
Let the “male and female” of God’s creating appear. Let us feel the divine energy of Spirit, bringing us into newness of life and recognizing no mortal nor material power as able to destroy. Let us rejoice that we are subject to the divine “powers that be.” Such is the true Science of being.
Section 6
The Bible
Galatians 3:26 ye, 28
26ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:14–16
14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Science and Health
316:3–7
Jesus as
mediator
The real man being linked by Science to his Maker, mortals need only turn from sin and lose sight of mortal selfhood to find Christ, the real man and his relation to God, and to recognize the divine sonship.
306:30
God’s man, spiritually created, is not material and mortal.
502:29
There is but one creator and one creation. This creation consists of the unfolding of spiritual ideas and their identities, which are embraced in the infinite Mind and forever reflected. These ideas range from the infinitesimal to infinity, and the highest ideas are the sons and daughters of God.