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“The Seven Churches,” from Christian Science Journal, October 1917 by Caroline Getty

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Where did Jesus deliver this great lesson — or, rather, this series of great lessons — on humanity and divinity? On a hillside, near the sloping shores of the Lake of Galilee, where he spake primarily to his immediate disciples.

In this simplicity, and with such fidelity, we see Jesus ministering to the spiritual needs of all who placed themselves under his care, always leading them into the divine order, under the sway of his own perfect understanding. His power over others was spiritual, not corporeal. To the students whom he had chosen, his immortal teaching was the bread of Life. When he was with them, a fishing-boat became a sanctuary, and the solitude was peopled with holy messages from the All-Father. The grove became his class-room, and nature’s haunts were the Messiah’s university.

What has this hillside priest, this seaside teacher, done for the human race? Ask, rather, what has he not done. His holy humility, unworldliness, and self-abandonment wrought infinite results.

— from Retrospectio nand Introspection by Mary Baker Eddy, page 91-92

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Stand porter at the door of thought. Admitting only such conclusions as you wish realized in bodily results, you will control yourself harmoniously.

— from Science and Health, 1910, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 392

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“The Open Door of Self-Abnegation” from, The Christian Science Sentinel, March 5th, 1927 by, Ella W. Hoag

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(Rev. 16:15), “Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”

“The warning which God gives of this great and decisive trial, to engage his people to prepare for it, v. 15. It would be sudden and unexpected, and therefore Christians should be clothed, and armed, and ready for it, that they might not be surprised and ashamed. When God’s cause comes to be tried, and his battles to be fought, all his people shall be ready to stand up for his interest and be faithful and valiant in his service.”

— from Matthew Henry Bible Commentary, by Matthew Henry

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“God governs every activity, God initiates that activity, calls one to it, directs him in it, governs the situation surrounding it and causes the acitivity to be satisfactorily fulfilled.”

Quote from Karen shared during the Bible Study, source unknown

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Article: The Dixon Letter A letter sent to Mr. Frederick Dixon, written by Casper B. Dernvery, member of The Academy of Hungary

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Never absent from your post, never off guard, never ill-humored, never unready to work for God,—is obedience; being “faithful over a few things.

— from Miscellaneous Writings by Mary Baker Eddy, page 116

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How much better for us if all humans died in costly nursing homes amid doctors who lie, nurses who lie, friends who lie, as we have trained them, promising life to the dying, encouraging the belief that sickness excuses every indulgence, and even, if our workers know their job, withholding all suggestion of a priest lest it should betray to the sick man his true condition!

— from The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, page 11-12

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That teacher does most for his students who most divests himself of pride and self, spiritualizes his own thought, and by reason thereof is able to empty his students’ minds, that they may be filled with Truth.

— from Miscellaneous Writings by Mary Baker Eddy, page 92-93

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Are we clearing the gardens of thought by uprooting the noxious weeds of passion, malice, envy, and strife? Are we picking away the cold, hard pebbles of selfishness, uncovering the secrets of sin and burnishing anew the hidden gems of Love, that their pure perfection shall appear? Are we feeling the vernal freshness and sunshine of enlightened faith?

The weeds of mortal mind are not always destroyed by the first uprooting; they reappear, like devastating witch-grass, to choke the coming clover. O stupid gardener! watch their reappearing, and tear them away from their native soil, until no seedling be left to propagate — and rot.

Among the manifold soft chimes that will fill the haunted chambers of memory, this is the sweetest: “Thou hast been faithful!”

“Fidelity” excerpt from Miscellaneous Writings by Mary Baker Eddy, page 343

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Belief of material creation must fall, never to rise–never did rise! Christ is risen. Lust has no eyes, no ears–no power to hinder sight. Destroy lust in universal thought. Handle fear, regret, remorse, shame, disgust — this is self-abuse. Repentance is the remedy and step.

— from Mary Baker Eddy Lessons of the Seventh Day, (the “Brown Book”), by Mary Baker Eddy, page 157

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BELOVED Christian Scientists, keep your minds so filled with Truth and Love, that sin, disease, and death cannot enter them. It is plain that nothing can be added to the mind already full. There is no door through which evil can enter, and no space for evil to fill in a mind filled with goodness. Good thoughts are an impervious armor; clad therewith you are completely shielded from the attacks of error of every sort. And not only yourselves are safe, but all whom your thoughts rest upon are thereby benefited.

The self-seeking pride of the evil thinker injures him when he would harm others. Goodness involuntarily resists evil. The evil thinker is the proud talker and doer. The right thinker abides under the shadow of the Almighty. His thoughts can only reflect peace, good will towards men, health, and holiness.

“What Our Leader Says” from Miscellany by Mary Baker Eddy, page 210

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