“A book introduces new thoughts, but cannot make them speedily understood. It is the task of the sturdy pioneer to hew the tall oak and cut the rough granite. Future ages must declare what the pioneer has accomplished.” ...“A book introduces new thoughts, but cannot make them speedily understood. It is the task of the sturdy pioneer to hew the tall oak and cut the rough granite. Future ages must declare what the pioneer has accomplished.” “Theology and physics teach that both matter and Spirit are real and good; whereas the fact is, that one is good and real, and the other is its opposite. The question, What is Truth? is answered by demonstration,—by healing disease and sin; and this shows that Christian healing confers the most health and makes the best men. On this basis, Christian Science will have a fair fight.” “The Principle of her system is demonstrable by the personal experience of any sincere seeker of Truth. Its purpose is good, and its practice is more safe and potent than that of any other sanitary method. The unbiased Christian thought is soonest touched by Truth, and convinced of it. Those only quarrel with her method who have not understood her meaning, or who, discerning the Truth, come not to the light, lest their works should be reproved. No intellectual proficiency is requisite in the learner, but sound morals are most desirable.” “When God called her to proclaim His Gospel to this age, there came also the charge to plant and water His vineyard.” “The first school of Christian Science Mind-healing was begun by the author in Lynn, Massachusetts, about the year 1867, with only one student. In 1881 she opened the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, in Boston, under the seal of the Commonwealth,—a law relative to colleges having been passed, which enabled her to get this institution chartered for medical purposes. No charters were granted to Christian Scientists for such institutions after 1883; and, up to that date, hers was the only college of this character which had ever been established in the United States, where Christian Science was first introduced. “During seven years some four thousand students were taught by the author in this college. Meanwhile she was past