‘How strange, how wonderful!’
‘I will quote her own words, for her “Key to the Scriptures:” “The twelfth chapter of the Apocalypse has a special suggestiveness in connection with this nineteenth century.” There—do you note that? Think—note it well.’
‘But—what does it mean?’
‘Listen, and you will know. I quote her inspired words again: “In the opening of the Sixth Seal, typical of six thousand years since Adam, there is one distinctive feature which has special reference to the present age. Thus:
‘“Revelation xii. 1. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven—a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.”
‘That is our Head, our Chief, our Discoverer of Christian Science—nothing can be plainer, nothing surer. And note this:
‘“Revelation xii. 6. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared of God.”
‘That is Boston.’
‘I recognise it, madam. These are sublime things and impressive; I never understood these passages before; please go on with the—with the—proofs.’
‘Very well. Listen: