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Vote: | A wicked mortal is not the idea of God. He is little else than the expression of error. To suppose that sin, lust, hatred, envy, hypocrisy, revenge, have life abiding in them, is a terrible mistake. Life and Life's idea, Truth and Truth's idea, never make men sick, sinful, or mortal. |
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Vote: | Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life. |
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Vote: | Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body. |
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Vote: | Give up the belief that mind is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more manly or womanly. You will understand yourself and your Maker better than before. |
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Vote: | Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it. |
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Vote: | Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that man should bow down to a flesh-brush, to flannels, to baths, diet, exercise, and air? |
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Vote: | Reject hatred without hating. |
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Vote: | Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin. |
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Vote: | Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. |
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Vote: | To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings. |
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Vote: | Truth is immortal; error is mortal. |
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Mary Morse Baker, better known as Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 - December 3, 1910) founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879.
She was born in Bow, New Hampshire and raised a Congregationalist, though she rebelled against teachings like predestination. She suffered chronic illness and developed a strong interest in the biblical accounts of early Christian healing.
In 1843 she married George Washington Glover. He died about a year later, shortly before the birth of their only child, George Washington Glover, Jr. In 1853 she married Dr. Daniel Patterson. In the 1860s she began to explore faith-healing and associated with Phineas Quimby. His influence on her is disputed; she thought highly of him personally but ultimately disavowed his technique as more mesmerism-based than Christian.
After a severe injury in 1866 she turned to the Bible, recovered unexpectedly, and devoted the next three years to biblical study and the development of Christian Science. Convinced that illness was at base a mental illusion that could be healed through a clearer perception of God, she began teaching her theory of healing to others privately. She divorced her second husband in 1873 for reason of adultery. In 1877 she married Asa Gilbert Eddy. She founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston in 1879. Her third husband died in 1882. She devoted the remaining years of her life to the establishment of her church and revision of its textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
She founded the Christian Science Monitor, a non-denominational daily newspaper; the Christian Science Journal, a monthly magazine written primarily for members; the Christian Science Sentinel, a weekly religious periodical written for a wider audience, and the Christian Science Herald, a religious magazine in non-English languages.
Biographies * The definitive, church-authorized, biography of Eddy is Robert Peel's trilogy Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Discovery, Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Trial, and Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Authority.
* A more recent single volume is a 1999 work by Gillian Gill (ISBN 0738202274), which includes review of the numerous other biographies over the years.
* Mary Baker Eddy, Speaking for Herself (ISBN 0879522755)
* The famous novelist Stefan Zweig wrote a biography Mary Baker Eddy
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