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cess has healed all manner OF dis
eases. many OF them considered In.
durable from the standpoint OF ma.
terial medicine. It has given a new
lease OF life to those doomed to an
early grave II has reiuvenated
the prematurely aged. It has reliev.
ed the victims or deprsved appetites,
Il has regenerated the fallen. IN
the course Of It's ministrations to
the bereaved and the suffering Il has
flooded human consciousness with
hope we'll founded. with a legitimate
expectation OF good. with faith based
upon spiritual understanding. It is
explaining the Bible to multitudes
who either had lost interest In Il or
had never known Its glorious mes
sage.
The presence Of Christian Science
in human consciousness has sweeten-
ed the daily life of many who had
become embittered by their misfor-
tunes. and 1t has shown them the
way to rid themselves Of these mis-
fortunes. II is hallowing family life
with the touch Of spirituals COM
panionship. It is restoring to useful
ness and helpfulness many who have
felt themselves burden to their dear
ones by reason Of intemperance. In
validism, or incapacity OF one kind
or another. The world is q better
place to live In by reason Of the
teaching and practice OF Christian
Science, now to be found in every
continent on the face OF the globe.
Discoverer anu Founder
These beneficent results are d.
rectly traceabla to the labors Of Mary
Baker Eddy. the Discoverer and
Founder OF Christian Science. The
steps which led up to her discovery,
and those which she took with q view
OF founding this movement upon .
solid basis, are matters OF universal
historic interest.
In Mrs. Eddy's autobiography. en-
titled "Retrospection and Intros-
pection." she tells us that for some
twenty years prior to her discovery
she had been trying to trace all
physical effects to a mental cause. In
the year 1866 she had an experience
which proved to her that God was
this mental cause for which she had
been seeking. and that every real ef-
feet was mental and not material.
Her recovery from an accident
through the realization Of the power
OF God gave her the clue of all spirit
ual healing, and proved to her the
normal and natural character OF the
works done by Jesus and his fol-
lowers In Bible times. She studied
the scriptures as her only textbook.
and in 1875 published the Christian
Science textbook. Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" =
In her desire to make this discov-
cry available to all mankind. Mrs.
Eddy founded The First Church OF
Christ Scientist, in Boston, Mass.
She established Metaphysical Col
lege, and the different periodicals is
sued by The Christian Science Pub
fishing Society and now distributed
to all parts of the world. She insti-
tuted board of lectureship, COM
mittee on publication, and reading
rooms connected with the Christian
Science churches. She wrote a
Church Manual, a goodly number of
hymns which breathe the atmosphere
Of inspiration and Of healing, and
produced number of important VOL
umes besides her chief work, the
Christian Science textbook. Mrs.
Eddy's literary activity was unusual,
and her style is particularly suited
to the majesty of her theme.
While 1t is thus possible to re-
cord some of the conspicuous steps
In Mrs. Eddy's career, no one but her
self could know the full cost of dis
covering Christian Science and plac-
ing It before world which though
harassed by evil was yet largely un-
willing to adopt the means she Of
fered for its liberation. What moral
heroism this task required in the
midst OF misunderstanding, loneliness,
and isolation. can only be surmised.
Some indications Of the struggle can
be gathered from Mrs. Eddy's own
writings. but there is in them no tone
of complaint, no sense OF grievance,
only little wonder at times that the
world was SO unwilling to be saved.
For the rest, there shines through
her writings the positive assurance OF
Truth, the spiritual beauty Of holi-
ness. and the joyous consciousness OF
the victory OF Truth over error of
every sort.
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