My place is difficult. The personal Mrs Eddy is pliant as wax, the impersonal impregnable to wind and wave. In the spiritual altitude of the latter I stand alone, none can see from my standpointAs Written:stand point there.
Jesus said or rather implied, that a Christian Scientist is not "a reed shaken with the wind"Matt 11:7 ¶And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? (is not an unreliable man no matter what the influence may be) any more than he is one in "soft raiments"Matt 11:8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. , ie, a king or a tyrant.
The BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts pulpit needs just the right man, one who "is more than a prophet"Matt 11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. Such an one would hear and obey the divine order no matter if he could not stand face-to-faceAs Written:face to face with the FatherEditorial Note: God, he would obey without it "Blessed is he who having not seen believes"John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. , ― believes my report without halting or taking his own movements.