Christian Science, its Discoverer, Mary Baker Eddy, and the Church she founded cannot be considered separately. They are a trinity, a triunity. To lack the comprehension of one is to dwarf one's understanding of the others.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, "If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy." If this saying is accepted as true, then it follows that Mrs. Eddy must be understood aright if her writings are to be comprehended in their true significance. On the other hand, if our Leader's writings are misinterpreted, it is not possible to understand her aright.
In her book "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," she avows (p. 120): "We look for the sainted Revelator in his writings, and there we find him. Those who look for me in person, or elsewhere than in my writings, lose me instead of find me." Hence the right understanding of our Leader will increase only in the degree that her writings on Christian Science are understood in their spiritual significance and lived in daily life. Any misconception of her will be cleared away as a student of her writings advances in his discernment and demonstration of her discovery and as his obedience to the Rules of her Church becomes more meticulous.
