The Mother Church and illustrations

On page 84 and 85 of Pulpit and Press, we have an extract from an article from the Christian Science Journal for January, 1895. It is headed “THE MOTHER CHURCH.” The thrilling thing is that one can find the whole article on the JSH Online site (Journal, Sentinel, Herald)! I was only the second one to say they “liked” it. That surprised me. 

[Ed. See https://journal.christianscience.com/issues/1895/1/12-10/the-mother-church]

 The article gives a full description of the building: it is no wonder that other reporters could therefore give descriptions in their newspaper articles.

I was surprised to be reminded that there are reproductions from Mrs. Eddy's Christ and Christmas among the stained glass windows. I was also sort of surprised that that poem was written before the church was built. The stained glass windows (window-pictures) in Christ and Christmas are in the “Mother's Room”, and are the ones representative of Mrs. Eddy searching the Scriptures by the light of the “lone brave star” (the Star of Bethlehem) encircling her; and of the little girl with the book Science and Health in her lap, reading to the aged man. The star shines through the window on the little girl and the book. Is there colour in these windows? Those in the book, Christ and Christmas, are in black and white. 

[Ed. Interested readers can find out more at the Mary Baker Eddy Library web site, in particular https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/knocking-an-illustration-from-christ-and-christmas/]

Joyce Voysey