"The author's medical researches and experiments had prepared her thought for the metaphysics of Christian Science. Every material dependence had failed her in her search for truth; and she can now understand why, and can see the means by which mortals are divinely driven to a spiritual source for health and happiness."
Science and Health, p. 152—Mary Baker Eddy
Nearly 100 years have passed since the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, wrote those words. , halfway around the world and decades later, can testify to their veracity—as well as identify with Mrs. Eddy's search for health and, ultimately, truth itself.
Raised and educated in Bombay, India, Dr. Master was deeply involved in and committed to her profession. As a pediatrician, she taught at the city hospital and conducted a large private practice, specializing in pediatric cardiology. Her transition from medicine to membership in The Mother Church involved ten years of searching and sorting—a process not unfamiliar to anyone who comes to grips with the demands Christian Science makes on individual lives.
