“That is your lesson to me over again,” whispered Miss Reynolds, who was sitting beside Katherine, “and I need it.”

“But you would not abolish human love?” Dr. Stanley here abruptly questioned.

“I would have it governed, transformed by divine Love,” returned Mrs. Minturn, gently.  “There is much more of selfishness embodied in so-called human love than one can realize until one learns its spiritual signification.  The mother’s is the purest of all human affection, and yet, even this is not devoid of selfishness, for it is ‘my boy’ or ‘my girl’ for whom she will toil and efface herself to secure advantages, and often to their detriment.  The love that is absorbed in my wife or husband, my sister or brother, my friend, is not the truest, although it is right to care tenderly for those who are dependent upon us.  But the yearning that reaches out to all men, recognizing in everyone ’my mother, my sister, my brother’—­for all are God’s children, and there are no mine or thine in Truth—­is the love of God, the reflected Love that is God.”

“I see, Mrs. Minturn; it is manifesting what the ‘little book’ says, the ‘love of Love,’ [Footnote:  “Science and Health,” page 319.] or the good of Good without regard to personality, so if we are reflecting it we cannot even think anything but good of everyone,” here interposed Dorothy, who had listened intently to all that had been said.

“You dear child! how much better you have said it than I with my multiplicity of words!” observed Mrs. Minturn, bending a look of affection upon her.

“She has simply summarized what you have given us; but your analysis has been very helpful to me, and I now see more clearly much that I have been questioning during my recent perusal of the book,” Prof.  Seabrook remarked.

“Our Leader has long been reflecting this impersonal Love in her wonderful devotion to the Cause she has espoused,” Mrs. Minturn resumed.  “Her one thought and motive is and always has been—­since the Science of Christianity was revealed to her—­to send forth the new gospel to all ‘nations and peoples and tongues,’ and gather them under its sacred banner, knowing that it is the ’pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night’ that will surely guide them into the ‘Promised Land.’”

“Yet she is severely criticised for claiming that it was a divine revelation; for assuming ‘unwarrantable authority’ and demanding ‘unquestioning obedience,’” said her host.

“Is that a fair or an honest criticism, Prof.  Seabrook?” inquired his guest.  “Has she not proved that Christian Science was a divine revelation, not only by her own wonderful demonstrations, but by the marvelous results which follow the study of her book, ’Science and Health,’ not to dwell upon the great work accomplished by the thousands of her students who have faithfully followed her teachings?  Then, a leader must lead.  Under supreme orders she became the pioneer to mark the way for others;