Two parts to the discovery of Christian Science

On page 43 of Twelve Years with Mary Baker Eddy (Amplified Edition), author Irving Tomlinson tells us that Mrs. Eddy made the following remark at the time of the “Next Friends” law suit:*

I said to the masters that the discovery that the unmedicated pellet produced the same effect as the medicated pellet was the falling apple which led to the discovery of Christian Science. This must be taken with another fact. I have said that my recovery from a fall in Lynn when I opened the Bible and read there of the healing dated the discovery of Christian Science. The first was the enlightenment of the human understanding, the second was the revelation from the divine Mind.

Ah! I can see that point, as it can occur in comparatively minor ways in our own lives, particularly as students of Christian Science.

For some reason I am reminded of an article I found on JSH-Online by our author Rev. Irving Tomlinson, entitled Only a Belief (Christian Science Sentinel Oct 20, 1898). It tells of the loss of two gold teeth which turned out to be not lost. I hope readers may be able to find it for themselves (Ed. or ask a Reading Room librarian to source it for you).

* For “Next Friends suit” see Mary Baker Eddy: Years of Authority by Robert Peel (available in Christian Science Reading Rooms).

Joyce Voysey