These words of Mrs. Eddy's recorded in "Miscellaneous Writings" (pp. 313, 314): "Humbly, and, as I believe, divinely directed, I hereby ordain the Bible, and 'Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,' to be hereafter the only pastor of The Church of Christ, Scientist, throughout our land and in other lands." And on page 322 of the same book she says, "Your dual and impersonal pastor, the Bible, and 'Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,' is with you; and the Life these give, the Truth they illustrate, the Love they demonstrate, is the great Shepherd that feedeth my flock, and leadeth them 'beside the still waters.'"
A woman entered a Christian Science church for the first time. Although the Readers and practically all the members of the congregation were strangers to her, she was so impressed by the harmony, peace, and the presence of the Christ, that she felt a real sense of home and heaven, both of which had seemed far removed from her. Later on, the healing atmosphere of the services and the truths read from the Bible and from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, together with the testimonies given at the Wednesday testimony meetings, gave her inspiration, courage, and guidance from week to week to work out her problems. Instead of looking to a personal pastor, she turned more and more to the impersonal and permanent pastor and found guidance and help.
The Lesson-Sermons, which are given in the Quarterly, and which are read from the Bible and Science and Health in all Christian Science churches on Sundays, are divinely authorized. These sermons are thus purely spiritual and free from human opinion. They present the Word of God, the pure Christ, Truth.
