Henry Drummond (1851–1897) was a Scottish evangelist. His sermon on First Corinthians 13, published in his 1890 book The Greatest Thing in the World and Other Addresses, has long been admired in the Christian world.
Mary Baker Eddy was a contemporary of Drummond and apparently familiar with his writings. In “Love fulfils law,” an article published in the May 1913 Journal, author Kate Davidson Kimball mentioned Eddy’s admiration of Drummond’s book. “Mrs. Eddy once said she had intended to write such a book herself,” she recalled, “but Professor Drummond had done it so well that he had saved her the effort.”
Kimball’s husband was Edward A. Kimball, a noted Christian Science teacher and lecturer. He and his wife had both studied with Eddy, and they may have heard her speak directly about what Kate Kimball recalled.
