October 4, 1999
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From the Editors
Some people try to fit comfortably into the world and go along with it.
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"Norwadays parents are
likely to be held culpable for anything that goes wrong with their child, even if they've done their best.
"I first gave to the world the Truth, Life, and Love, that was revealed to me.
Though she lived during a time of few freedoms for women in the United States, Mrs. Eddy was far from being a typical nineteenth-century woman. Her certainty of God's love, and her unselfish love for humanity, changed, and continue to change, the world.
Twenty-five years ago, when I first read Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, my emotions were so stirred that I literally wept as I read the book.
Mrs. Eddy's own inscription in a well-worn Bible hints at the distance traveled from her personal quest for healing to her unshakable faith in God's care.
A contemporary of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Eddy advocated women's rights. Her larger mission, however, was to bring freedom from the limits of mortality to women and men alike.
Often ignored or rejected by her colleagues in religion, yet so desirous of sharing with the world her understanding of God's laws, Mrs. Eddy began a Church of her own, founded on Christ Jesus' word and works.
Like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Baker Eddy was raised in a Calvinist family in the early 1800s.
Excerpts From a question-and-answer session with biographer gillian gill Based on extensive research for her biography Mary Baker Eddy, author Dr. Gillian Gill comments on her accomplishments in the context of her life in nineteenth-century America.
Even though Ben, a goalie on a soccer team, often sat on the bench during games, he worked as hard as he could during practices. That work—along with his prayers—really paid off.
Tim was very glad to have Dwight as a visitor in Sunday School for a day.
A very kind doctor examined me and told me there was nothing there.
A while ago I discovered a growth on my leg.
I have been completely healed of any sense of loss or grief.
In drawing people closer to God, Science and Health has literally changed the lives of untold thousands of readers.
