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Mary Baker Eddy

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1875 & 1910 Textbooks

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Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures ~ 1910 Final Ed.

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Science and Health

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Atonement and Eucharist

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Martyrs inevitable

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Redemption - the role of martyrs in the redemption of mankind

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the sword of the Spirit, luminary, atmosphere if material sense

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how it is that martyrs are earth’s luminaries

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     History is full of records of suffering. "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church." Mortals try in vain to slay Truth with the steel or the stake, but error falls only before the sword of Spirit. Martyrs are the human links which connect one stage with another in the history of religion. They are earth's luminaries, which serve to cleanse and rarefy the atmosphere of material sense and to permeate humanity with purer ideals. Consciousness of right-doing brings its own reward; but not amid the smoke of battle is merit seen and appreciated by lookers-on.