Mary
Baker Eddy: A centennial appreciation
The
first entry in the book is by Julia M Johnston, and handles the specific topic
of Mary Baker Eddy and her fulfilment of prophecy.
I find
it to be beautifully written – beautiful prose in keeping with the topic and
the person of Mary Baker Eddy. I am particularly touched by this from the
second paragraph on page 3: “The human cannot prevent the divine appearing, but
is embraced in its imperative tenderness until finally yielding to Truth
forever.”
Julia
Michael Johnston's book Mary Baker Eddy: Her Mission and Triumph gives
us a note about its author. I was hazy about her, and wondered if she had been
a student of Mary Baker Eddy – I hadn't consulted that book for a long time.
I
commend the reading of Mary Baker Eddy: Her Mission and Triumph, even if
it is only to read of Julia's description of her mother's coming to Christian
Science and Mrs. Eddy's special commendation of the experience as being “healed
straight from God, just the way I was” (page 78).
Julia
went into the public practice of Christian Science at the age of 18 (in 1900)
and she continued in the work for 65 years.
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