From the Mary Baker Eddy Papers
Articles highlighting our ongoing effort to annotate and digitally publish Eddy’s correspondence, sermons, and other manuscript materials.
From the Papers: “This is my message in love”
Enjoy the heartwarming story of a letter to Mary Baker Eddy—written from the top of Mt. Washington.
From the Papers: Slavery in Mary Baker Eddy’s neighborhood
Read this examination of racial geography in 1844 Charleston, South Carolina.
Early Christian Science in Scotland: spotlighting the Ramsay family
Learn about growing interest in the early Christian Science movement among the Scottish nobility.
Celia Osgood Peterson: Christian Scientist and public educator
Read about an eager correspondent with Mary Baker Eddy and learn how faith intersected with her career.
Joseph Adams and Christian Science pastoring
Read this account of a guest preacher in Mary Baker Eddy’s young church.
The Chautauqua Movement and Christian Science
Read how early Christian Scientists sought heightened awareness through participation in a growing cultural institution.
“The sermon was beautiful”
Share the perspective of a boy from Kansas, who heard Mary Baker Eddy preach in 1888.
British aristocracy and early Christian Science—the Murray family
Learn how these prominent individuals influenced, and were influenced by, the growth of a new religion.
“Open a public institute at once”
Learn about an important early development in teaching Christian Science.
Word bubbles, data visualization, and sermons
Check out a new resource for exploring Mary Baker Eddy’s use of language.
“Maj Anderson and Our Country”
See how Eddy supported Union efforts leading up to the Civil War, through this 1861 poem.
Early letters and long careers
See how some of the strongest roots in Christian Science grew out of small beginnings.
From the Papers: “This is my message in love”
Enjoy the heartwarming story of a letter to Mary Baker Eddy—written from the top of Mt. Washington.
From the Papers: Slavery in Mary Baker Eddy’s neighborhood
Read this examination of racial geography in 1844 Charleston, South Carolina.
Early Christian Science in Scotland: spotlighting the Ramsay family
Learn about growing interest in the early Christian Science movement among the Scottish nobility.
Celia Osgood Peterson: Christian Scientist and public educator
Read about an eager correspondent with Mary Baker Eddy and learn how faith intersected with her career.
Joseph Adams and Christian Science pastoring
Read this account of a guest preacher in Mary Baker Eddy’s young church.
The Chautauqua Movement and Christian Science
Read how early Christian Scientists sought heightened awareness through participation in a growing cultural institution.
“The sermon was beautiful”
Share the perspective of a boy from Kansas, who heard Mary Baker Eddy preach in 1888.