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Mary’s pupils also clamored for her attention. Although she wasn’t officially teaching, Mary was in constant demand for counsel and support. Sick people continued to flock to her, too, and her tend...

in the silence of night, when the steadfast stars watched over the world,” Mary would recall.She got right up and wrote it down. When she told some of her literary friends about it, though, they ad...

On a shiny April morning three months later, Joseph Armstrong swung open the oak doors of the new Mother Church. To his surprise, there stood Mary Baker Eddy! She had written to tell him that some...

Touched by their generosity and always practical, Mrs. Eddy later invested $4,000 (over $100,000 today) in municipal bonds for these children. As each contributor turned 21, he or she received an e...

reach, her physical and mental vigor seemed to be augmented rather than depleted.”He was awed by her persistence, too. “I have known her when nearly crushed with sorrow, but she wrote on. I have kn...

Yes, there were. Back in 1879 when she first organized a church, Mrs. Eddy drafted three religious tenets which those uniting with it were asked to sign. When that church was reorganized as The Mot...

First edition of Science and Health, with some of the original printer’s plates She set up her study in one of the small attic rooms. Simply furnished, it was hot in summer and cold in winter...

notes on the Bible following her fall on the ice, five since she had copyrighted The Science of Man. The intervening time had been necessary, though, for as Mary later wrote, she “had learned that...

words were indeed a comfort, and Mary used them as a testimonial. Newspaper ad for Science and Health After so much labor, what was Mary to do next? Not only was she responsible for writing he...