"... to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing" Mary Baker Eddy, Manual of The Mother Church, p. 17.
April 12, 1879, was a significant day! This was the day on which a church was organized that was to become a vital force in the religious development of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. On that day, Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder of the Church, successfully moved a resolution at a meeting of the Christian Scientist Association: "... To organize a church designed to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing." As a result, the Church of Christ, Scientist, was organized, and it steadily developed, increasing in numbers. Thirteen and a half years later, under Mrs. Eddy's jurisdiction, it was reorganized with the name "The First Church of Christ, Scientist," maintaining the same foundational mission outlined in 1879.
