Mary Baker
Mary Baker
Mary Bakerwas an English painter of portraits and portrait miniatures...
thinking littles too-much
Mankind thinks either too much or too little of sin.
two littles sin
Two points of danger beset mankind; namely, making sin seem either too large or too little ...
hypocrisy
Hypocrisy is fatal to religion.
spiritual teaching symbols
Spiritual teaching must always be by symbols.
reason faculty humans
Reason is the most active human faculty.
disease
Disease is an image of thought externalized.
nature spring white
In spring, nature is like a thrifty housewife ... taking up the white carpets and putting down the green ones.
jesus humility pride
As in Jesus' time, so today, tyranny and pride need to be whipped out of the temple, and humility and divine Science to be welcomed in.
heart character soul
A little more grace, a motive made pure, a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a character subdued, a life consecrated, would restore the right action of the mental mechanism, and make manifest the movement of body and soul in accord with God.
christian causes cause-and-effect
Christian Science explains all cause and effect as mental, not physical.
errors conquer
You conquer error by denying its verity.
matter illusion mortals
Matter and death are mortal illusions.
summer fighting ideas
We know that a statement proved to be good must be oorrect. New thoughts are constantly obtaining the floor. These two theories - that all is matter, or that all is Mind-will dispute the ground, until one is acknowledged to be the victor. Discussing his campaign, General Grant said: "I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer." Science says: All is Mind and Mind's idea. You must fight it out on this line. Matter can afford you no aid.
hate errors giving
I will love, if another hates. I will gain a balance on the side of good, my true being. This alone gives me the forces of God wherewith to overcome all error.