When
the Apostle Paul visited the ancient city of Athens, Greece, on one of his missionary journeys, he found the religion of the people there to be superstitious, devoid of spiritual qualities which characterized the Christian faith he himself had embraced some years prior to this particular occasion.
Would
it not arrest the attention of those accustomed to see the familiar seal on Mary Baker Eddy's books if they found a book purported to be "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" without it?
Officers of branch churches and individuals who have occasion to correspond with The Christian Science Board of Directors, with the Clerk and the Treasurer of The Mother Church, and with the heads of departments of The Mother Church Offices are requested always to place their addresses on their letters and to write their signatures plainly.
To ensure that complete lecture notices be printed in the Sentinel, detailed information should reach the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald Editorial Department regarding lectures in the United States and Canada at least seven weeks before the date of the lecture; elsewhere, eight to eleven weeks.
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, gives a glimpse into her life in her poem on the Quotation page of "Miscellaneous Writings":
Christian Science has met all my needs for the past twenty-five years, and I am deeply grateful for the understanding of God that has unfolded to me through the study and application of its teachings.
Our family learned of the Christhealing through the need of my mother, who for several years had suffered great discomfort and pain from a difficulty for which, according to medical science, the only cure was surgery.
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