In a step that can hardly be overestimated, our Leader ordained the Bible and her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures as pastor for The Mother Church and its branches.
An eleven-year-old girl, heartbroken at the passing of her father, finds comfort at his funeral when the Protestant minister reads from the Bible: "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Criticism can bring a marvelous blessing—the opportunity for spiritual growth! It's possible not only to overcome resentment when we feel we've been rebuked or criticized, but to grow in dignity, self-worth, and spiritual grace.
In a paragraph with the marginal heading "Scientific obstetrics," Mary Baker Eddy writes in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
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