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In this final volume, Peel details the rise of Christian Science as a movement and church in its home city of Boston and throughout the U.S. and world. It shows Eddy as tireless in her support of the church's growth and takes us to the end of her life in 1910 at age 90. We see the building of the Mother Church in Boston, further editions of "Science and Health," conflicts with students that ran off the tracks of her theology, and how she triumphed over all obstacles in assuring that her church would endure without her when the time came. Though the church seems on a downward slope in the 21st century, many feel that the huge crowds that made it possible for massive churches to be built all over the U.S. were so often just people responding to a fad, and falling away when the chips were down. There is a sense of rebuilding now and a lot of people are reconsidering Eddy's life and the deeper meaning of her healing mission to the world. These three volumes are an invaluable aide in understanding how it all came to be.


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Mary Baker Eddy The Years of Trial Robert Peel 9780030867002 Books Reviews

Historian and journalist Robert Peel (1909-1992) was a significant ecumenical figure in Christian Science; he also wrote books such as Health and Medicine in the Christian Science Tradition Principle, Practice, and Challenge (Health/Medicine and the Faith Traditions),Spiritual Healing in a Scientific Age, etc. The other two volumes in this series are Mary Baker Eddy The Years of Discovery and Mary Baker Eddy The Years of Authority.

He said in the "Prefatory Note" to this 1971 book, "This book carries forward the story begun in 'Mary Baker Eddy The Years of Discovery'... It was a crucial period of trial and error for the Founder of Christian Science... At the end of it, in 1891, she was seventy years old, ripe in experience and ready to begin what by most people's reckoning would be a lifetime's work." (Pg. vii)

He notes, "As early as 1873 she had predicted 'Some day I shall have a church of my own.' When, in 1875, her students formed themselves into a little group called 'The Christian Scientists,' they held public services for five weeks... but these were soon discontinued as premature... weekly meetings were more for the purpose of continued education and metaphysical discussion than for worship." (Pg. 62) He suggests, "Despite this passing word of approval for woman suffrage, Mrs. Eddy was in general no feminist. Her femininity took a different form." (Pg. 109)

He observes, "Mrs. Eddy was not only benefited immediately (if temporarily) by [Phineas Parkhurst] Quimby's treatment but was also swept off her feet by his theory... For instance, she was deeply impressed by his reiterated statement that 'there is no intelligence in matter'... she kept groping for the metaphysical understanding of ultimate being which she felt must constitute its real essence." (Pg. 125)

Later, he adds, "Conventional Christianity, in Mrs. Eddy's view, had simply ignored the logical implications of the birth and resurrection of Jesus, with their smashing of accepted physical law at each end of human life... Resurrection, as she presented it, was more than history or symbol; it was present fact. That was the way it looked also to those sick and crippled people who came to the services and walked out well and sound." (Pg. 154) However, "Although students sometimes received healings during their course of instruction, Mrs. Eddy as a rule did not welcome into her classes those with bodily ailments, sometimes advising them to wait for instruction until they had been healed." (Pg. 167)

He records, "On February 26, 1988, Mrs. Eddy presided at the first and last christening service ever held in a Christian Science Church. Her three grandchildren... were among the twenty-nine children on whom she pronounced a simple blessing, without any use of water. It was an experimental concession to orthodoxy that was really anomalous in view of her definition of baptism 'Purification by Spirit; submergence in Spirit.'" (Pg. 236)

Peel's biography is accepted by Christian Scientists themselves and is respected for its discovery of original source material, although there have been more recent (and less extensive) biographies. It is "essential reading" for anyone seriously studying the life of the Christian Science founder.
I agree with Laura Alethea's critique of the book. This book appears to be a scholastic and sophomoric critique but has used false evidence including a stolen diary that was tampered with in order to support a fallacious intent. Also, the writer used an interesting technique of presenting negatively exaggerated personal interpretations and opinions and then, many pages later in the footnotes, correcting the negative opinions with the true facts . Since most people do not look up every single footnote as they read,(and there were prolific footnotes in this book), they would be led to a subjective appraisal that is much darkened by the taint of untruths, both subtle and some more blatant. Although there are some redeeming factors in Peel's book, overall, I think Peel is too interpretive to be of value to one searching for a clear understanding of the woman who has reinstated primitive Christian healing (which had been pretty much lost for over 1700 years).
this book is part of a series of 3 books - book was in good condition. Bonus was
the notations from the previous owner.
It was a very good book i loved it i reccomend to everyone
In volume two of his three-volume work, Peel details the period of Mrs. Eddy's life when she was founding her church, revising its textbook, "Science and Health," and becoming the leader and inspiration for a growing world-wide movement. The fact that she started this work in her late 40s is remarkable in itself, but through personal losses, she triumphed over every obstacle to achieve her goals. She became a remarkable leader and healer that attracted thousands to join her cause.
In this final volume, Peel details the rise of Christian Science as a movement and church in its home city of Boston and throughout the U.S. and world. It shows Eddy as tireless in her support of the church's growth and takes us to the end of her life in 1910 at age 90. We see the building of the Mother Church in Boston, further editions of "Science and Health," conflicts with students that ran off the tracks of her theology, and how she triumphed over all obstacles in assuring that her church would endure without her when the time came. Though the church seems on a downward slope in the 21st century, many feel that the huge crowds that made it possible for massive churches to be built all over the U.S. were so often just people responding to a fad, and falling away when the chips were down. There is a sense of rebuilding now and a lot of people are reconsidering Eddy's life and the deeper meaning of her healing mission to the world. These three volumes are an invaluable aide in understanding how it all came to be.