In the late 1920s, my parents, then recently married, lived in a boarding-house my dad finished his law studies at the University of Geneva. One day, the owner of the boardinghouse handed my mother a small magazine in German. My mother read it, found it interesting, and returned it. It was a copy of Der Christian Science Herold. Not long after, one of my dad's colleagues at the Inter-Parliamentary Union brought him the German translation of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Thus began our family's lifelong love affair with Christian Science, Science and Health, and its author, Mary Baker Eddy. A small, unassuming magazine walked into our lives and changed them forever.
The Herald was conceived in Mary Baker Eddy's tender love for humanity.
This month, we celebrate the centennial of this magazine's publication—no small achievement for any magazine. To the reader, it may seem unusual to celebrate one magazine, The Herald of Christian Science, in another magazine, also founded by Mary Baker Eddy, The Christian Science Journal. But there is a reason for this: Der Christian Science Herold represents Mary Baker Eddy's first major effort to respond to the spiritual needs of the non-English-speaking world. The global vision this publication represents is to make hope and healing available to everyone, no matter who they are, no matter where they are.
