Martha Wilcox’s ‘Body Second Article’ includes the following concerning ‘creeping things’ –

“Some of mortal mind’s creeping things are expressed in the material body as age, obesity, anemia, deafness, failing eyesight, wrinkles, thinning hair, slowing up of organs, and many other conditions which even Christian Scientists accept as inevitable, and over which they exercise no control.

“Where is our dominion with which we were endowed and about which we love to boast? Why do we, as Christian Scientists, permit these so-called creeping things to come upon us, or supinely accept them as beyond our control? And what are we going to do about them in the future?

“These seeming conditions are not of God, and they are not the fact of man or body. They inhere in, or are evolved from, human belief, or what is called mortal mind; and by that is meant the material opinions of mankind. If we wish to rid ourselves of these untoward conditions, it stands to reason that we must oppose and overcome these opinions of mankind rather than accept them, and the only place we can overcome them is in our individual thinking. We, as Christian Scientists, are neglecting a very important part of our work when we just let these creeping things of mortal mind do what they will with us.”

I often turn to Martha Wilcox’s articles about ‘Body’ as there is so much there to consider about how to exercise our dominion by recognising our spiritual identity. I am very grateful for learning about these writings when I found Plainfield, as until then I had not heard of Martha Wilcox, nor some of the other devoted early workers. Thank you so much.