Biographies of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, are educational as well as inspirational. Readers often come across thought provoking descriptions of her approach to problems and find practical examples that add another dimension to her teachings in Science and Health and her other writings.
What seems to the writer in this period of unrest a particularly timely item is in the following passage on page 73 of Mary Baker Eddy: Her Mission and Triumph by Julia Michael Johnston: "Mrs. Eddy dealt firmly with the unrest among those close to her. She had a way of looking into a situation, through it, and far beyond it. Then she moved in accord with her farthest vision, letting the immediate circumstance fall into line with it."
A situation of unrest has many elements of human belief, mortal tendencies, and error. It may show the influence of past resentments, present discontent, or fear of the future. It may evidence ignorance, frustration, false ambition, or perhaps human revolutionary fervor. As one looks into such a situation, he can see it in terms of thoughts and beliefs and begin to reverse the errors and replace them with their spiritual counterfacts as Christian Science reveals them.
