Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Miscellaneous Writings, 18831896 by Mary Baker Eddy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.gutenberg.org/license Title: Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 Author: Mary Baker Eddy Release Date: February 27, 2010 [Ebook 31427] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS, 1883-1896*** Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science and Author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Published by the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy Boston, U. S. A. Copyright, 1896 By Mary Baker G. Eddy Copyright renewed, 1924 Contents Dedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Epigrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chapter I. Introductory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Prospectus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A Timely Issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Love Your Enemies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Christian Theism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The New Birth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chapter II. One Cause And Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Chapter III. Questions And Answers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Chapter IV. Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Christian Science In Tremont Temple. . . . . . . . . . 109 Science And The Senses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Extract From My First Address In The Mother Church, May 26, 1895 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Address Before The Alumni Of The Massachusetts Metaphysical College, 1895 . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Address Before The Christian Scientist Association Of The Massachusetts Metaphysical College, In 1893 133 Communion Address, January, 1896 . . . . . . . . . . 138 Message To The Annual Meeting Of The Mother Church, Boston, 1896 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Chapter V. Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 To The Mother Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 To ——, On Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 To The National Christian Scientist Association. . . . . 154 To The College Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 To The National Christian Scientist Association. . . . . 157 iv Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 163 165 168 169 171 171 172 173 175 178 180 181 182 183 185 187 187 196 199 204 206 209 235 240 240 246 249 252 257 259 260 To The First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston. . . To Donors Of Boat, From Toronto, Canada. . . . . . Address,—Laying The Corner-Stone. . . . . . . . . To The First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston . . . The First Members Of The First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts . . . . . . . . Extract From A Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To The Mother Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To First Church Of Christ, Scientist, In Oconto . . . To First Church Of Christ, Scientist, In Scranton . . . To First Church Of Christ, Scientist, In Denver . . . To First Church Of Christ, Scientist, In Lawrence . . To Correspondents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To A Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To A Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extract From A Christmas Letter . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter VI. Sermons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Christmas Sermon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor's Extracts From Sermon . . . . . . . . . . . . Extract From A Sermon Delivered In Boston, January 18, 1885 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday Services on July Fourth . . . . . . . . . . . . Easter Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bible Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter VII. Pond And Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter VIII. Precept Upon Precept . . . . . . . . . . . “Thy Will Be Done” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Put Up Thy Sword” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scientific Theism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mental Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taking Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hints To The Clergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perfidy And Slander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Contagion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improve Your Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanksgiving Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Injustice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reformers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Eddy Sick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “I've Got Cold” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Prayer And Healing” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veritas Odium Parit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Falsehood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Address On The Fourth Of July At Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., Before 2,500 Members Of The Mother Church, 1897 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Well Doinge Is The Fruite Of Doinge Well . . . . . . Little Gods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advantage Of Mind-Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spirit And Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truth-Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heart To Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Things To Be Thought Of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unchristian Rumor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vainglory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Close Of The Massachusetts Metaphysical College . Malicious Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loyal Christian Scientists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The March Primary Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obtrusive Mental Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judge Not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Commandment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 265 266 268 272 273 275 275 279 283 286 288 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 291 293 294 295 295 298 301 303 306 307 311 312 315 316 320 324 327 333 334 vi Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 338 341 342 347 351 352 355 356 358 358 359 362 364 365 366 367 369 370 371 371 377 381 386 388 394 396 397 402 406 411 420 421 423 A Cruce Salus . . . . . . . . . . . Comparison to English Barmaids . A Christian Science Statute . . . . Advice To Students . . . . . . . . Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deification Of Personality . . . . A Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overflowing Thoughts . . . . . . A Great Man And His Saying . . . Words Of Commendation . . . . . Church And School . . . . . . . . Class, Pulpit, Students' Students . My Students And Thy Students . . Unseen Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . A Word To The Wise . . . . . . . Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Message To The Mother Church . Chapter IX. The Fruit Of Spirit . . . . An Allegory . . . . . . . . . . . . Voices Of Spring . . . . . . . . . “Where Art Thou?” . . . . . . . . Divine Science . . . . . . . . . . Fidelity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . True Philosophy And Communion Origin Of Evil . . . . . . . . . . . Truth Versus Error . . . . . . . . Fallibility Of Human Concepts . . The Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Science And Philosophy . . . . . “Take Heed!” . . . . . . . . . . . The Cry Of Christmas-Tide . . . . Blind Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . vii “Christ And Christmas” . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunrise At Pleasant View . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter X. Inklings Historic . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter XI. Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Come Thou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meeting Of My Departed Mother And Husband Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woman's Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mother's Evening Prayer . . . . . . . . . . June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wish And Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Oak On The Mountain's Summit . . . . . . Isle Of Wight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rondelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Mr. James T. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autumn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christ My Refuge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Feed My Sheep” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communion Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laus Deo! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Verse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter XII. Testimonials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Footnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . .