Last month we published the first of two installments of reminiscences of the Discoverer of Christian Science by Alfred Farlow. Included in part one were his "first impressions with regard to [Mary Baker Eddy]," and his "early impressions with regard to the truthfulness of Christian Science, its mission, demonstrability, and future prospects...."
Mrs. Eddy's whole life purpose was to take good care of the sacred and scientific religion which she had discovered.... As her Committee on Publication it was a part of my duty to see to the correct publication of any matter from her pen which she desired to have circulated, and she always expected that her writings should be published without a single mistake. When she delivered to me her address which was read at the dedicatory service of the Extension to the Mother Church, she gave the admonition that if I allowed a single error to occur in the publication of the discourse I would lose my position. It was with gratitude that I witnessed the publication of the matter without a single mistake. This rigid demand might seem unreasonable to some persons, and matters of this kind have sometimes given occasion for the declaration that Mrs. Eddy was a hard master. But without this uncompromising demand Mrs. Eddy never could have performed her unparalleled accomplishments. To have in her employ persons who had the willingness, the character, moral strength, and general qualifications to do the first time, and without repeated trials, what her mission required was an absolute necessity not a mere whim ....
Many times after
entering Mrs. Eddy's
home burdened,
I have departed with
lightness of heart.
