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“I knew that if he died he would awake to find he had not that disease, and I wanted to wake him to it before he died.”9Waking thought to the truth about the allness and goodness of God, and of man...
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She makes reference to this in her autobiography, Retrospection and Introspection, where she writes, “Our last vestry meeting was made memorable by eloquent addresses from persons who feelingly tes...
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after the manner of Christian Science, must be strictly moral, and an earnest and devoted follower of Christ.2 Mrs. Eddy had been conducting S...
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I have never forgotten Mrs. Eddy’s gracious womanliness as she met me and led me to a seat, saying “dear child, did you wish to see me?” After a few generalities she clo...
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In April 1880, Mrs. Eddy delivered a sermon titled “Christian Healing.” The following month it appeared as a pamphlet, becoming the first of her works to be published for the public after Science a...
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and Mrs. Poor’s name be registered alphabetically to take care of the services.1 And to another student, she wrote:...
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know hereafter.” Spoke mostly of Jesus’ healing that was not understood now but shall be and his Christ-character will then be understood. I wish you could see the wild...
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tell a student, “The ship of science is again walking the wave, rising above the billows, bidding defiance to the flood-gates of error, for God is at the helm.”10The next few years were to see a fo...
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Heaven was happiness and not a locality but was the atmosphere of a principle where all was harmony.13 and This tru...
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Christian Science was indeed knocking loudly at the threshold of the public’s thought. The newspapers and churches were more and more raising questions and making criticisms of this new denominatio...