Miscellaneous Writings/front matter
MISCELLANEOUS
WRITINGS
1883-1896
BY
MARY BAKER EDDY
AUTHOR OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES
One Hundred and seventh Edition
BOSTON, U.S.A.
Published by Allison V. Stewart
Falmouth and St. Paul Streets
1914
Copyright, 1896
By Mary Baker G. Eddy
All rights reserved
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
TO
LOYAL CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
IN THIS AND EVERY LAND
I LOVINGLY DEDICATE THESE PRACTICAL TEACHINGS
INDISPENSABLE TO THE CULTURE AND ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH
CONSTITUTE THE SUCCESS OF A STUDENT
AND DEMONSTRATE THE ETHICS
OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
MARY BAKER EDDY
Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand,
To read it well; that is, to understand.
Ben Jonson: Epigram I.
When I would know thee . . . my thought looks
Upon thy well made choice of friends and books;
Then do I love thee, and behold thy ends
In making thy friends books, and thy books friends.
Ben Jonson: Epigram 86.
If worlds were formed by matter,
And mankind from the dust;
Till time shall end more timely,
There's nothing here to trust.
Thenceforth to evolution's
Geology, we say, —
Nothing have we gained therefrom,
And nothing have to pray;
My world has sprung from Spirit,
In everlasting day;
Whereof, I've more to glory,
Wherefor, have much to pay.
Mary Baker Eddy.