Greece and other things...Joyce Voysey

I wondered for a long, long time why Mrs. Eddy did not explain in detail how she healed Mr. Clark in Lynn of hip disease pronounced fatal (Science and Health p. 192/3).  Now, I have been reading the Tomlinson book at intervals ever since I was given it in 1975, and it is just now that I have found a beautiful explanation.  Here on page 51: The very presence of this God-inspired woman healed the sick, not because of human personality, but because of the truth which she spiritually perceived.  As the rays of the sun melt the snow and ice and warms whatever they touch, so did the purity of her consciousness bless and heal.

And, what a wonderful benediction on page 65 to round out that chapter of Mrs. Eddy’s healing works: "May the light of Divine love so illumine your mind that you behold yourself in His likeness, even as you are, - the image of perfect Mind.  Thus will you find all power, wisdom, and peace in goodness, and demonstrate the grace of Spirit as ever sufficient to help you in every time of need." (Ed: This is from a letter by MBE dated 1895.  The Notes refer the reader to Christian Science Sentinel July 25 1936 p. 938.  Readers with access to either the Bound Volumes of the periodicals or to JSH-online.com can check this out.)

In a previous post, I was somewhat stumped on how to decribe the exact feeling I had about Mary Baker’s mother’s influence for love on her.  I wasn’t really satisfied with how it finished up.  It reads:

"The truth that God is Love was learned from her mother."  I had leaned towards ‘drank in’ instead of ‘learned'.  Now, I have found this: "Those who were ready, drank in the truth as flowers absorb the dew."  How beautiful is that?  Page 67.

A quote on page 74 often comes to my thought as being so appropriate in so many situations: "One time she told us not to say there is too much or too little of anything.  She said: God governs.  He knows best, He will do all things right."

What a great reminder not to do something/anything through human will at the top of page 75 (original edition).  There is another one on page 80 telling us what Mrs. Eddy did about it.

On page 82, we have explained the difference in compassion and sympathy: Jesus fed the people thereby showing his compassion; had he sympathized with them he would have suffered with them.

And, with the situation of Greece and other European cities at this time, what Mrs. Eddy said about salvation is timely:  "A life or a nation is saved, in proportion to the predominance within of purity, patriotism, or other right motives; …."  Moral might is the thing.  Even Sodom City could have been saved with enough moral worth within.