Courtnay Douglas, a member of the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald Editorial staff, reports on a recent visit to Boston of an enthusiastic group of young people with a mission.
A year ago, the pupils in the Sunday School at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, Washington, were asked, "What is the pastor of Christian Science?" When they didn't have answers, the members of the Sunday School were presented with the idea, which they decided to work on, of an extracurricular project to read biographies of Mary Baker Eddy in order to get background that would help them answer this question.
The pupils learned that the Bible, and especially Jesus' healing work, was very familiar to people in Mrs. Eddy's day. What wasn't clear to them was how they could emulate Jesus' healing works. The Seattle pupils read the biographies, focusing especially on Mrs. Eddy's childhood up to the time of her adult life when she injured herself by a fall on the ice. They wanted to learn of the inspiration that led to the healing of her injuries and eventually to her profound discovery of Christian Science and to her writing of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. In 1895, she ordained the Bible and Science and Health as pastor of her Church.
