tures.” When the latter was first issued, critics declared [1] that it was incorrect, contradictory, unscientific, unchris- tian; but those human opinions had not one feather’s weight in the scales of God. The fact remains, that the textbook of Christian Science is transforming the [5] universe. “Christ and Christmas” voices Christian Science through song and object-lesson. In two weeks from the date of its publication in December, 1893, letters extoll- ing it were pouring in from artists and poets. A mother [10] wrote, “Looking at the pictures in your wonderful book has healed my child.” Knowing that this book would produce a stir, I sought the judgment of sound critics familiar with the works of masters in France and Italy. From them came such [15] replies as the following: “The illustrations of your poem are truly a work of art, and the artist seems quite familiar with delineations from the old masters.” I am delighted to find “Christ and Christmas” in accord with the ancient and most distinguished artists. [20] _The Christian Science Journal_ gives no uncertain dec- laration concerning the spirit and mission of “Christ and Christmas.” I aimed to reproduce, with reverent touch, the modest glory of divine Science. Not by aid of foreign device [25] or environment could I copy art,—never having seen the painter’s masterpieces; but the _art_ of Christian Science, with true hue and character of the living God, is akin to its _Science_: and Science and Health gives scopes and shades to the shadows of divinity, thus im- [30] parting to humanity the true sense of meekness and might. [Page 373.] One incident serves to illustrate the simple nature of [1] art. I insisted upon placing the serpent behind the woman in the picture “Seeking and Finding.” My artist at the easel objected, as he often did, to my sense of Soul’s [5] expression through the brush; but, as usual, he finally yielded. A few days afterward, the following from Roth- erham’s translation of the New Testament was handed to me,—I had never before seen it: “And the serpent cast out of his mouth, _behind_ the woman, water as a [10] river, that he might cause her to be river-borne.” Neither material finesse, standpoint, nor perspective guides the infinite Mind and spiritual vision that should, does, guide His children.