IN Mary Baker Eddy's published writings, she has related or briefly stated more than a few cases in which she demonstrated or practiced her teachings for the benefit of particular persons. See Science and Health 162:16, 184:27, 192:32 to 31 next page, 389:28 "Miscellaneous Writings" 69:14, 242:19; "Retrospection and Introspection" 15:13to IS next page, 40:4-20; "Pulpit and Press" 54:28, 69:1-9; Message for 1901 17:11; "Unity of Good" 7:6-17; "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" 105:7 to 12 next page. Six remarkable healings by Mrs. Eddy have been related in other articles of this series, three each in those entitled "Mrs. Eddy's Mature Years" and "Among the Early Workers." There are many other instances of her ability to demonstrate or heal in the historical files of The Mother Church. Those to be mentioned in this article are from that source.
In many instances, Mrs. Eddy healed persons who did not come to her as patients. Their condition attracted her compassionate and loving thought. For instance, while she lived at Lynn and was passing along one of Lynn's streets, she saw a man sitting on the sidewalk who was so deformed or crippled that his knees touched his chin. Going to him and leaning over so that her face was close to his, she said, "God loves you," and went on without waiting. Almost immediately the man arose and walked. A Christian Scientist (Mrs. Lucy Allen) saw this healing from her window. Then the man rushed to her house to inquire about the lady, the "angel," who had healed him.
Later, when Mrs. Eddy lived in Boston, she healed another deformed or crippled man. His arms seemed useless; his legs appeared to have withered. He had to be cared for, even fed. Every day during pleasant weather he was taken to the park called Boston Common in a wheel chair and left there for an hour or two. One day, as Mrs. Eddy went through this park in the midst of Boston, she saw this man in his wheel chair and talked with him; she spoke of the Christ, and told him the truth of his being. He felt that she had helped him, and looked for her day after day in the park. She did come again, and she spoke to him in the same way. And this time he was completely healed. Long afterward, his niece related his healing in a letter that was published in the Christian Science Sentinel for July 18, 1908.
