In Annie Knott’s
contribution (in We Knew Mary Baker Eddy Vol 1 Expanded Edition pp. 156-200) we are told (p. 165) to “declare daily, ‘I cannot suffer from others' sins,
for sin is its own punisher, and I will not sin; then I am free from
suffering.’”
Annie Knott speaks of
healing barrenness in two cases on page 176.
Mrs. Knott explains the
significance of Mrs. Eddy’s discontinuing Class teaching in the field for
twelve months. For one thing, it "separate[d] the sheep from the goats" in that the
disobedient students “actually separated themselves from the movement without
any disciplinary action on the part of The Mother Church” (pp. 184/5).
Joyce Voysey
Ed. For anyone interested in further research on this early worker in Christian Science, there are some 1440 references to Annie Knott on the web site
jsh-online.com and there is a lovely photograph of her and other details at the
Mary Baker Eddy library website. As a girl of eight, this Scottish-born woman memorised whole Bible chapters, and never forgot them! Are we memorising Bible passages today? I know some who are. :)
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