BY
MARY BAKER EDDY
AUTHOR OF SCIENCEAND HEALTH WITH KEY TO
THE SCRIPTURES
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Authorized Literature of
THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
InBoston, Massachusetts
Copyright, 1891, 1908
BY MARY BAKER G. EDDY
Copyrightrenewed 1919
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THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS
TENDERLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
TOALL
LOYAL STUDENTS, WORKING AND WAITING
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
SCIENCE OFMIND-HEALING
MARY BAKEREDDY
DEFINITION OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
PRINCIPLE OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
PERSONALITY OF GOD
HEALING SICKNESS AND SIN
INDIVIDUALITY OF GOD
MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL SCIENCE
NON-EXISTENCE OF MATTER
MATERIALITY INTANGIBLE
BASIS OF MIND-HEALING
MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL MAN
DEMONSTRATION IN HEALING
MEANS AND METHODS
ONLY ONE SCHOOL
How would you define Christian Science? 1
AS the lawof God, the law of good, interpreting and
demonstrating the divine Principle and ruleof 3
universalharmony.
What is the Principle of ChristianScience?
It is God, the Supreme Being, infinite and immortal 6
Mind, the Soul of man and the universe. It is ourFather
which is in heaven. It is substance, Spirit, Life, Truth,
and Love, --these are the deific Principle. 9
Do you mean by this that God is aperson?
The word person affords a large margin for misappre-
hension, aswell as definition. In French the equivalent 12
wordis personne. In Spanish, Italian, and Latin, itis
persona. The Latin verb personare is compounded of
theprefix per (through) and sonare (to sound). 15
In law, Blackstone applies the wordpersonal to bodily
presence, in distinction from one's appearance (incourt,
for example) by deputy or proxy. 18
Otherdefinitions of person, as give by Webster, are 1
"a living soul; a self-conscious being; a moral agent;
especially, aliving human being, a corporeal man, woman, 3
or child; anindividual of the human race." He adds,
that among Trinitarian Christians the wordsta