Article October 16, 1978 Issue

Christian Science and its Discoverer

VICTOR CHUDI ONUMONU

More than eighty years ago—when the horizon of many African people extended not much further than their villages and was limited by the illusions of many gods—sickness, sin, suffering, inhumanity, death—the universal love of one great woman inspired her to write, "From the interior of Africa to the utmost parts of the earth, the sick and the heavenly homesick or hungry hearts are calling on me for help, and I am helping them."^{The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 147;} What must have motivated such unspeakable love?

Who is this woman?

A native of New Hampshire, United States of America, born on July 16, 1821, Mary Baker Eddy expressed a receptive purity of thought and a keen interest in spiritual learning. Her discovery in 1866 of what is known as Christian Science was something God had prepared her for.

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