How pitiful would be our fate if it were impossible for us to work out our own salvation! The belief that it is easier to make unreal the trouble of another than to rise above discord in our own experience is complete reversal of the truth about the way of salvation. To believe this is to check progress and paralyze all righteous effort, and that, of course, is the purpose of the suggestion. Mary Baker Eddy (Oakes, Richard, Essays and Bible Lessons, (Red Book), p.75)
