0.0 – Christian Science – 16 Books by Mary Baker Eddy – 1 – The People’s Idea of God

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No one could miss the dynamism of this first book, as it plunges straight in to the central theme of the revelation with the voice of authority and the ring of conviction. The author knows, and the reader realizes that she speaks from experience. Here is no long introduction, no processing of the minds of mortals, no telling us about God; but directly it conveys to us God\'s actuality, presence and power. This little book originated in a sermon under the title, \"The People\'s God, Its Effect on Health and Christianity.\" It was first published in the pages of the Journal in June 1883, and then as a pamphlet in October. Not until 1886, when it was copyrighted, was the name changed to its present form. Mrs Eddy delivered the sermon to the small Christian Science congregation which met at that time in the College on Columbus Avenue in Boston. They were indeed discovering a New World. Today, after a hundred years, one can still sense - and share - the exhilaration with which those early hearers responded to the power of the Word. The People\'s Idea of God provides a truly remarkable starting-point for the whole series of books because, like the PRAYER chapter in Science and Health, it grasps the end from the beginning: \"the great element of reform is not born of human wisdom; it draws not its life from human organizations: rather is it the crumbling away of material elements from reason, the translation of law back to its original language - Mind, and the final unity between man and God\" (Peo. I). Clearly, Mrs Eddy saw the reforming work not as a long line of progress but more as a cyclical movement: the goal of deathless being is with us now, \"accordingly as the understanding that we are spiritual beings here reappears\" (p. I). Therefore, because of Science, we can \"behold once again the power of divine Life and Love to heal and reinstate man in God\'s own image and likeness\" (p. 14). Were the end not inherent in the beginning - if man did not originally come from God - he could never work his way back to God, nor have the means to do so..

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