At this season of the year, when men's thoughts are turning in gratitude to God for His goodness and bountiful gifts, it is well for Christian Scientists to consider the great blessings which have come to mankind through His faithful messenger, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.
Out of the joys and sorrows of her experience, out of divine revelation and the deep searchings for God and His ways, out of a heart of importunate prayer and spiritual fasting, out of deep-rooted love for all mankind, came the discovery of Christian Science, Then appeared our Soul-inspired textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," setting forth the final revelation of Truth to mankind: Divine Science, the Comforter, as prophesied by Christ Jesus. Later followed the establishment of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.
When in her life all seemed dark and hopeless, the angel message of Spirit came to Mrs. Eddy. She writes of this experience (Retrospection and Introspection, p. 23): "Thus it was when the moment arrived of the heart's bridal to more spiritual existence. When the door opened, I was waiting and watching; and, lo, the bridegroom came! The character of the Christ was illuminated by the midnight torches of Spirit. My heart knew its Redeemer." And then she concludes, "I had touched the hem of Christian Science."
