That one should have ventured on such unfamiliar

ground, and, self-forgetful, should have gone on to estab-

lish this mighty system of metaphysical healing, called [20]

Christian Science, against such odds,—even the entire

current of mortality,—is matter of grave wonderment to

profound thinkers. That, in addition to this, she has made

some progress, has seen far into the spiritual facts of be-

ing which constitute physical and mental perfection, in [25]

the midst of an age so sunken in sin and sensuality, seems

to them still more inconceivable.