m her bed, dressed
herself, and was well. Afterwards they showed me the clothes already
prepared for her burial; and told me that her physicians had said the
diseased condition was caused by an injury received from a surgical
operation at the birth of her last babe, and that it was impossible for her
to be delivered of another child. It is sufficient to add her babe was
safely born, and weighed twelve pounds. The mother afterwards wrote to me,
"I never before suffered so little in childbirth."

This scientific demonstration so stirred the doctors and clergy that they
had my notices for a second lecture pulled down, and refused me a hearing
in their halls and churches. This circumstance is cited simply to show the
opposition which Christian Science encountered a quarter-century ago, as
contrasted with its present welcome into the sickroom.

Many were the desperate cases I instantly healed, "without money and
without price," and in most instances without even an acknowledgment of the
benefit.

A TRUE MAN

My last marriage was with Asa Gilbert Eddy, and was a blessed and spiritual
union, solemnized at Lynn, Massachusetts, by the Rev. Samuel Barrett
Stewart, in the year 1877. Dr. Eddy was the first student publicly to
announce himself a Christian Scientist, and place these symbolic words on
his office sign. He forsook all to follow in this line of light. He was the
first organizer of a Christian Science Sunday School, which he
superintended. He also taught a special Bible-class; and he lectured so
ably on Scriptural topics that clergymen of other denominations listened to
him with deep interest. He was remarkably successful in Mind-healing, and
untiring in his chosen work. In 1882 he passed away, with a smile of peace
and love resting on his serene countenance. "Mark the perfect _man_, and
behold the upright: for the end of _that_ man _is_ peace." (Psalms xxxvii.
37.)

COLLEGE AND CHURCH

In 1867 I introduced the first purely metaphysical system of healing since
the apostolic days. I began by teaching one student Christian Science
Mind-healing. From this seed grew the Massachusetts Metaphysical College in
Boston, chartered in 1881. No charter was granted for similar purposes
after 1883. It is the only College, hitherto, for teaching the pathology of
spiritual power, _alias_ the Science of Mind-healing.

My husband, Asa G. Eddy, taught two terms in my College. After I gave up
teaching, my adopted son,