Mr. and Mrs. Baxter lived outside of Boston. In class Mrs. Eddy said to Mr. Baxter, “If one of your children was very ill, what would you do?” He replied, “I would say, God is All.” There was a long pause. Then she said, “Very well, Mr. Baxter, tomorrow when you come in town, don’t take the street car.” Mary Baker Eddy
(Carpenter, Gilbert, Fragments Gathered From Unpublished Items Ascribed to Mary Baker Eddy, p.88)
Mary Baker Eddy presented her faithful student, John Salchow, with a beautiful scarfpin consisting of a large pearl with a delicate serpent of gold circling around the under side of the pearl. In the head of the serpent is a small diamond. In presenting this, Mrs. Eddy unfolded its symbolism as follows: “Truth is the pearl of great price. Grasp it with selfishness and it has a serpent under it — you may get bitten. But if you handle the serpent with unselfishness and clasp Truth gently — it has a diamond in its head.” Mary Baker Eddy
(Carpenter, Gilbert, Collectanea of Items By and About Mary Baker Eddy, p.122)
There is no animal, vegetable or mineral kingdom; there is no poisonous thought or mind. There can be no inflammation from fear, hate, lust or poison, through mental malpractice or mental mal- practitioners. There is no mind to transfer or be transferred, telegraphed or transmitted, and no man or woman to operate those claims. Mary Baker Eddy
(Oakes, Richard, Course In Divinity and General Collectanea, p.284)
A mother’s affection cannot be weaned from her child, because the mother-love includes purity and constancy, both of which are immortal. Therefore maternal affection lives on under whatever difficulties. (Eddy, Mary Baker, Science and Health With Key To The Scriptures, p.60:8-11)
Ask for light of the dear Light that shineth in darkness, and you will have it and find sweet peace. Mary Baker Eddy (The Mary Baker Eddy Collection, Blessings of Forgiveness, p.109)
I will not attempt to convey by words a picture of the magnificence of the visible universe. The effort would be futile and yet the whole scene is only the picture of ideas, the imagery of thought, the hieroglyphic record of the act, and meditation of Deity. Mary Baker Eddy (The Mary Baker Eddy Collection, Inspiration for Life’s Relationships, p.79)
A carpenter who was working on Christian Science Hall said he must stop work because he had rheumatism. He said his mother had the same trouble. Mrs. Eddy asked him if he had to be a dumbhead, just because his mother was one. He was healed on the spot. Mary Baker Eddy
(Carpenter, Gilbert, Fragments Gathered From Unpublished Items Ascribed to Mary Baker Eddy, p.88)
Afraid? Afraid of what? What does earth hold that can compare with God’s omnipotence? Trust to His care; make faith in Him your staff; it will not bend. (See C. S. Journal, Vol. III, page 124.) Mary Baker Eddy
(Carpenter, Gilbert, Collectanea of Items By and About Mary Baker Eddy, p.122)
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