WELCOME October 4, 1999 Issue

To Our Readers

Russ Gerber

Some people try to fit comfortably into the world and go along with it. Others go into the world to advance it. One such reformer is Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, author of Science and Health, and the subject of a Special Report in this week's issue.

To an audience who had come to hear her speak on the subject of Christian healing, Mrs. Eddy's words suggested the magnitude of work she foresaw, both for herself and for fellow Christian healers, in order to bring to the world's attention the answer to disease and suffering. She said, "We have asked, in our selfishness, to wait until the age advanced to a more practical and spiritual religion before arguing with the world the great subject of Christian healing; but our answer was, 'Then there were no cross to take up, and less need of publishing the good news'" (Christian Healing, p. 1).

Since those remarks of over a century ago, public interest in this remarkable healer, author, publisher, religious leader, and reformer hasn't faded away. In fact, today there is a resurgence of interest in the full scope of what Mrs. Eddy contributed and accomplished through her unselfish lifework. One response to this has been an exhibit on Mary Baker Eddy's life that is touring cities in the U.S. and is currently showing at The Gelman Library at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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