being twelve hundred dollars a year and his expenses.[1] Under this rule, a bank president whose time is worth $50,000 a year might be summoned to Pleasant View to serve for a hundred dollars a month. But Mrs. Eddy is the last woman in the world to make unreasonable demands of her influential followers, and no greater honour can befall a Christian Scientist than to be thus summoned by his Leader. Such a call is looked upon as a recognition of the recipient's progress in "Science," and as a rare opportunity for spiritual growth. Concerning this service at Pleasant View, Mrs. Eddy wrote in the Christian Science Sentinel of April 25, 1903.
SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS
MARY BAKER G. EDDY
Who shall be greatest?
The great Master said: "He that is least in the kingdom of heaven"—that is, he who hath in his heart in the least the kingdom of heaven, the reign of holiness, shall be greatest.
Who shall inherit the earth?
The meek who sit at the feet of Truth, bathing the human understanding with tears of repentance, and washing it clean from the taints of self-righteousness, hypocrisy, envy—shall inherit the earth—for wisdom is justified of her children.
Who shall dwell in Thy Holy Hill?
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Who shall be called to Pleasant View?
He who strives and attains who has the divine presumption to say: "For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day" (St. Paul).
- ↑ The church by-law in regard to this rule of service reads as follows:
"At the written request of our Pastor Emeritus, Mrs. Eddy, for assistance, the Board of Directors shall immediately notify the member of this church whom she selects, to go within ten days to her and to remain if needed twelve months consecutively, and it shall be the duty of this member to comply therewith. Members who leave her in less time and when she needs them, are liable to have their names dropped from the church." Church Manual, Art. 22, Sec. 10.
