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When beginning the study of Christian Science, many are immediately aware that a hitherto unknown light is illuminating the Scriptures. Dark ignorance or misunderstanding of the Bible is dispelled in proportion as one studies the Word of God in the light of this spiritual interpretation.
Mary Baker Eddy says in her "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p. 100 ), "Science speaks when the senses are silent, and then the evermore of Truth is triumphant.
One of the best-known and most dearly loved statements by Mary Baker Eddy is in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," where she writes ( p. 494 ), "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need.
In her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, sets forth the inalienable truths of God and His creation. In so doing she takes her stand on the first record of creation in the Bible, wherein it is stated that God said ( Gen.
When Jesus said, "Love thy neighbour as thyself" ( Matt. 22:39 ), he was not merely telling his hearers that it is right to love one's neighbor.
The plans Jesus made were always according to divine direction. He said ( John 5: 19 ), "The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
" Mind demonstrates omnipresence and omnipotence, but Mind revolves on a spiritual axis, and its power is displayed and its presence felt in eternal stillness and immovable Love. " This sentence from Mary Baker Eddy's book "Retrospection and Introspection" ( pp.
Man does not exist as physique but as idea; therefore he has never lived, moved, or thought as a mortal, but has always existed in the glorious and illimitable realm of Soul. The only past man has ever had is the radiant reality of spiritual completeness and perfection.
In the book of Revelation, John, most beloved of the disciples, set forth in majestic symbolism the spiritual nature of God's creation. The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, interprets this symbolism in basic teachings of Christian Science.
In an arresting statement made in her "Miscellaneous Writings" Mary Baker Eddy tells us ( p. 334 ), "You must find error to be nothing: then, and only then, do you handle it in Science.