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“The Right Princess,” Chapter XXIX: “Whither thou goest”
In an interview given to the Portland [Maine] Evening Express and Advertiser in 1912, American author Clara Louise Burnham…
Technology in Mary Baker Eddy’s Household
Airplanes: “Calvin Frye was much interested in mechanical developments and was a steady subscriber to technical magazines. When it was announced that an airplane meet would take place at Squantum, Massachusetts, Mr. Frye and other members of the household very much...
Article XXIII, Section 1: “Local Self-government”
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Mary Baker Eddy’s Experience During the Civil War
The U.S. Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, had a profound impact on the lives of every American who lived through it. Eddy was no exception; both her son and several friends served, and she herself lived through incredible hardships at a time when the entire country was...
The Authorship of “The Secret”
This piece, sometimes called "Demonstration," begins, I have learned a great secret, for I have learned how to demonstrate. The piece has been attributed to Eddy, Irving Tomlinson (one of her secretaries), prominent early Christian Science teacher Bicknell Young, and...
The History of the Mapparium
The Mapparium was conceived by the architect of the Christian Science Publishing House, Chester Lindsay Churchill. Originally called “the Glass Room,” or “the Globe Room,” “Mapparium” comes from the Latin words “mappa” (map) and “arium” (a place for). In the early...
“Present Order of Services”
"Order of Services," (Church Manual 120-121), was originally published in the Christian Science periodicals. In August 1889 Mary Baker Eddy introduced a notice in The Christian Science Journal that, for the first time, mentioned the order of services.Mary B. G....
Mary Baker Eddy and John Greenleaf Whittier
Eddy was a lifelong admirer of the work of Whittier (1807-1892). An avid scrapbooker, she clipped his poems out of literary magazines, and later quoted his words in her own published writings. The archives also contain an unpublished poem she wrote sometime before...
What are the “blue book” and the “red book”?
These two books are compilations of material initially published by Gilbert Carpenter and his son, Gilbert Carpenter, Jr. in the late 1930s. The elder Carpenter served as a secretary from April 1905 to April 1906 in Mary Baker Eddy’s household. Over the years the...
The “Great Litigation”
The litigation consisted of two lawsuits: Eustace vs. Dickey, and Dittemore vs. Dickey. The first lawsuit was between the Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society and the Christian Science Board of Directors; the second was between John V. Dittemore, a...
What is the background to the chapter titled “Fruitage” in “Science and Health”?
This section contains testimonials from 84 readers of the book.
Did Mary Baker Eddy treat Sunday like any other day?
The answer is yes … and no.
Can you give some background on the Ark Edition of “Science and Health”?
It was an early revision of the Christian Science textbook.
Have Christian Science churches ever had choirs?
The answer is yes. Here’s the story.
Did Mary Baker Eddy ever play any sports or games?
Even a religious leader likes to play games sometimes.
