Here the vision of Mary rose above the maternal instinct, giving place to prophecy[,] and mutely she pondered the fate of her son. Even a mothers pride and fondness were not blind to the necessities of history when the divine meets the human and the human struggles with the divine[;] but conscious of the power of Truth, and the supremacy of Spirit over matter[,] she early made demands upon her idea of God to present this proof[,] saying to her son at the marriage feast, “they have no wine” and he replyed , “mine hour is not yet come” but the persistent mother had a clearer sense that God gives dominion to man and she urged the exhibition of this power and the demonstration that her idea was begotten of Truth, namely that mind is creative, causal[,] and must present its own ideals[;] therefore she said to the servants “whatsoever he saith unto you[,] do it” and Jesus turned the water into wine 31 After receiving Mrs.
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