Only in Boston could such a revolutionary view possibly exist. From a ninth-floor window of the Christian Science Publishing House, three towers, lined up in perfect sync, come into view. Each symbolizes a revolutionary struggle. And together they embody, in soaring stone, one of the most intriguing things Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder of Christian Science, wrote. It’s a passage with special resonance as America celebrates its 250th year of independence:
“Christian Science and the senses are at war. It is a revolutionary struggle. We already have had two in this nation; and they began and ended in a contest for the true idea, for human liberty and rights. Now cometh a third struggle; for the freedom of health, holiness, and the attainment of heaven” (Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, p. 101).
Three revolutions, rising toward complete freedom for all:
