Editorial March 31, 2003 Issue

A psalm of peace—for everyone

Mary Trammell

Founder's thoughts on Psalm 91
This Psalm contains more practical theological and pathological truth than any other collection of the same number of words in human language except the Sermon on the Mount of the great Galilean and hillside Teacher.^{A10125, excerpt from Mary Baker Eddy's February 27, 1898, address at Christian Science Hall, Concord, New Hampshire, The Mary Baker Eddy Collection, The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity.}—Mary Baker Eddy

My earliest memories, as a World War II baby, are of the things my parents did to support my dad's work as a Christian Science Wartime Minister at Fort Knox and two other military bases in Kentucky. Though he was a civilian, he worked side by side with the military chaplains—ministering to men and women of all faiths. He made hospital rounds to the wounded, held services at the bases, talked with soldiers about to be shipped overseas.

And then there were the Sunday-afternoon get-togethers at our house, where my parents would serve lunch to 10 or 15 servicemen and -women each week. These people just loved being in a real home for a few hours, during their last days before being shipped out. Absorbing the atmosphere, eating fried chicken, holding a toddler on their laps.

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