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Trouble. Is that the word that best describes the state of the world these days? Open a newspaper or turn on the TV and you'd have a hard time not answering yes.
On January 23, 2004, The Christian Science Board of Directors circulated the following letter to employees at The First Church of Christ, Scientist; The Christian Science Publishing Society; and The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity. Dear Employee: January marks a new year, but this year is not just another year.
A man who had been a Special Agent of the United States Treasury Department, worked for Thomas Edison's Telephone and Light Company, and had lived in both South America and Europe, Joshua Bailey had taken Primary class instruction from Mrs. Eddy in 1888.
Mary Baker Eddy placed high value on her healing system and on her instruction, and expected students would earn from what they learned. To her, it was a given that public demand for effective, affordable, spiritually based healthcare, provided by caring healers, would constantly grow.
Emma McDonald took the first of four classes with Mary Baker Eddy in Chicago, in May 1884. During the class she wrote to her family in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Mary Baker Eddy placed the spiritual education component of Christian Science under the auspices of a Board of Education, established in 1898, within the Massachusetts Metaphysical College. Her system of education includes: Primary class: An intensive course in healing, including oral and written work under a Christian Science teacher's direction.
Fujiko Signs, a teacher in Tokyo, Japan, recalls reading Science and Health and, after having a number of healings, wondering, "Is there any way to learn more about Christian Science?" In 1994, within six months of her first encounter with Christian Science, she applied for a course of instruction. She began healing people immediately afterward and advertised her practice in 2000.
Are you tempted to groan at the thought of yet another article on women? Some men I know might ask, What about an article on men for a change? And the quick retort to that is, You've been reading about women for 25 years—but we've been man-focused for 5,000 years, plus or minus a few. Let's not focus on "evening the score" but on working together.