It is
surprising to me that Mrs. Eddy said, “When you teach, be careful to teach your
students that I am the Way-shower. I am not the Way. The Life,
Truth, and Love that I teach is the Way. Teach them that I am the
Way-shower, and then teach them right through that thought to the Principle” (paragraph
headed Sept. 5 1895, page 96). Science &
Health (S&H) tells us, “The
Christ-element in the Messiah made him the Way-shower, Truth and Life.”
(p.288:29)
Some
pondering needed on that one.
And on page
100 of our book, We Knew Mary Baker Eddy,
under the entry dated Oct. 8, 1901 is
this: “Mother said, If there was not any error, there would not be any
prayer. It continues: We live outside of it all, for God is our Life.”
On page 106: “Mother said she had
as much to discover as she did 40 years ago in Science”!! How much then
have we to discover?
Page 107: Sickness is healed
through handling fear; sin is healed by handling the belief of hate – over and
over again.
The May 7, 1907 entry reminds me of a happening very early in my
experience in CS. A dear adopted uncle was dying in hospital. He was a
good church-going man, who everyone agreed “didn’t deserve to die of this dread
disease.” When we visited I wished I could do something to prevent this
dire outcome. As I remember it, he was not at peace, somewhat
agitated. At home I got out my newly acquired Concordance to S&H
(that brought my CS library up to 4 books, apart from Journals and Sentinels –
Bible, S&H, Prose Works, Concordance to S&H) and looked up citations on
Life. I found my peace. The next time I saw this dear man I felt
that he had also found his peace – there was a different atmosphere in the
room. As I look back I am grateful that God, not person, told me that
that was the way to carry out this my first in-depth study in Science. He passed soon
after that visit.
Joyce Voysey
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