This series of articles focuses on the healings brought about by Mary Baker Eddy. These healings began in her childhood and continued throughout her life. Some of them have not been published previously.
Eighteen eighty-two. The third week in January arrived that year, cold, gray, and rainy. In the Eddy household in Lynn, Massachusetts, however, there was little time to notice the weather. Mary and her husband, Asa Gilbert, were preparing for an extended trip to the country's capital, Washington, D.C., and there was much to be done. The church and Mrs. Eddy's students needed guidance and encouragement. Arrangements had to be made for their Sunday sermon in the absence of Mrs. Eddy, their recently ordained pastor. The students would need to work together. She counseled two of them:
Let the church work together and not separate. Let each who can, take a part, and be not weary in well doing and God will help you....
