The scope of healing

What stirring examples of the scope of Christian Science healing are given to us in this interesting book: Mary Baker Eddy - Christian Healer.

One that stood out to me this evening was of a tree that wasn't looking too healthy. The gardener had decided to pull it up, but Mrs Eddy urgently requested he not do that, but continue to look after it in the best way he knew. In the meantime, Eddy "took the question up according the Christian Science" and pretty soon the tree was again beautifully healthy. See page 268.

Another was when Eddy found she was losing her hair at an alarming rate. She knew she had to change her thought about it and not neglect the situation, but rather apply metaphysics. Her answer came from the Bible, that "the very hairs of your head are numbered". See page 273. 

I was also interested to note the importance of getting Christian Science into the hands of new readers. For instance, when the founder of the Salvation Army, General William Booth, was reported as ill, Mrs Eddy instructed one of her students to get a copy of Science and Health into his hands so that he might be healed, while another student sent a copy of Mrs Eddy's "stand on Armament and Arbitration" to the President of the United States. (See pages 262 and 270.)

Julie Swannell