Mary Baker Eddy 39 paragraphs for her household to study daily ~ Christian Science Discoverer

Wait for reward: “Work out your own salvation,” is the demand of Life and Love, for to this end God worketh with you. “Occupy till I come!” Wait for your reward, and “be not weary in well doing.” If your endeavors are beset by fearful odds, and you receive no present reward, go not back to error, nor become a sluggard in the race. (SH 22:11)

When the smoke of battle clears away, you will discern the good you have done, and receive according to your deserving. Love is not hasty to deliver us from temptation, for Love means that we shall be tried and purified.(ibid)

Thoughts are things: Look away from the body into Truth and Love, the Principle of all happiness, harmony, and immortality.  Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts. (SH 261:2)

Unreality of pain:  The effect of mortal mind on health and happiness is seen in this: If one turns away from the body with such absorbed interest as to forget it, the body experiences no pain. Under the strong impulse of a desire to perform his part, a noted actor was accustomed night after night to go upon the stage and sustain his appointed task, walking about as actively as the youngest member of the company. This old man was so lame that he hobbled every day to the theatre, and sat aching in his chair till his cue was spoken,—a signal which made him as oblivious of physical infirmity as if he had inhaled chloroform, though he was in the full possession of his so-called senses. (ibid)

Crumbs of comfort: Whatever inspires with wisdom, Truth, or Love—be it song, sermon, or Science—blesses the human family with crumbs of comfort from Christ’s table, feeding the hungry and giving living waters to the thirsty. (234:4)

Hospitality to health & good: We should become more familiar with good than with evil, and guard against false beliefs as watchfully as we bar our doors against the approach of thieves and murderers. We should love our enemies and help them on the basis of the Golden Rule; but avoid casting pearls before those who trample them under foot, thereby robbing both themselves and others. (ibid)

…1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
…2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
…3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
…4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
…5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
…6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
…7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
…8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
…9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
…10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
…11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
…12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
…13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
…14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
…15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
…16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
…17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
…18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
…19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
…20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
…21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
…22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. [Psalms 103]

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. (Proverbs 1:10)

Purity the path to perfection: Christian Science demonstrates that none but the pure in heart can see God, as the gospel teaches. In proportion to his purity is man perfect; and perfection is the order of celestial being which demonstrates Life in Christ, Life’s spiritual ideal. (337:14)

The one real power: Your influence for good depends upon the weight you throw into the right scale. The good you do and embody gives you the only power obtainable. Evil is not power. It is a mockery of strength, which erelong betrays its weakness and falls, never to rise. (192:21)

Waymarks to eternal Truth: Even in this world, therefore, “let thy garments be always white.” “Blessed is the man that endureth [overcometh] temptation: for when he is tried, [proved faithful], he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” (James i. 12.) (267:27)

Beautific presence: Mortals must follow Jesus’ sayings and his demonstrations, which dominate the flesh. Perfect and infinite Mind enthroned is heaven. The evil beliefs which originate in mortals are hell. Man is the idea of Spirit; he reflects the beatific presence, illuming the universe with light. Man is deathless, spiritual. He is above sin or frailty. He does not cross the barriers of time into the vast forever of Life, but he coexists with God and the universe. (266:24)

final para: Scientists, be a law to yourselves that mental malpractice cannot harm you either when asleep or when awake. (442:30)

The new birth: He who has named the name of Christ, who has virtually accepted the divine claims of Truth and Love in divine Science, is daily departing from evil; and all the wicked endeavors of suppositional demons can never change the current of that life from steadfastly flowing on to God, its divine source. (Misc. 19:11)

Msg TMC Ann Mtg 1896: One thing I have greatly desired, and again earnestly request, namely, that Christian Scientists, here and elsewhere, pray daily for themselves; not verbally, nor on bended knee, but mentally, meekly, and importunately.  When a hungry heart petitions the divine Father-Mother God for bread, it is not given a stone,—but more grace, obedience, and love. If this heart, humble and trustful, faithfully asks divine Love to feed it with the bread of heaven, health, holiness, it will be conformed to a fitness to receive the answer to its desire; then will flow into it the “river of His pleasure,” the tributary of divine Love, and great growth in Christian Science will follow,—even that joy which finds one’s own in another’s good.  (Misc. 127:7)

To students: Science is absolute, and best understood through the study of my works and the daily Christian demonstration thereof. It is their materiality that clogs the progress of students, and “this kind goeth not forth but by prayer and fasting.” It is materialism through which the animal magnetizer preys, and in turn becomes a prey. Spirituality is the basis of all true thought and volition. Assembling themselves together, and listening to each other amicably, or contentiously, is no aid to students in acquiring solid Christian Science. Experience and, above all, obedience, are the aids and tests of growth and understanding in this direction. (Misc. 156:17)

Angels: God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies. Never ask for tomorrow: it is enough that divine Love is an ever-present help; and if you wait, never doubting, you will have all you need every moment. What a glorious inheritance is given to us through the understanding of omnipresent Love! More we cannot ask: more we do not want: more we cannot have. This sweet assurance is the “Peace, be still” to all human fears, to suffering of every sort. (Misc. 307:1)

Christ my refuge 9:
My prayer, some daily good to do
To Thine, for Thee;
An offering pure of Love, whereto
God leadeth me.
(MW 397:17)

Daily Prayer…4: It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to pray each day: “Thy kingdom come;” let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them! (Man 41) 

Neither animosity nor mere personal attachment should impel the motives or acts of the members of The Mother Church.  In Science, divine Love alone governs man; and a Christian Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking sin, in true brotherliness, charitableness, and forgiveness. The members of this Church should daily watch and pray to be delivered from all evil, from prophesying, judging, condemning, counseling, influencing or being influenced erroneously. (Man 40)

Watch, and pray daily that evil suggestions, in whatever guise, take no root in your thought nor bear fruit. Ofttimes examine yourselves, and see if there be found anywhere a deterrent of Truth and Love, and hold fast that which is good.” (My 128:30)

Injustice denotes the absence of law. Each day I pray for the pacification of all national difficulties, for the brotherhood of man, for the end of idolatry and infidelity, and for the growth and establishment of Christian religion—Christ’s Christianity. I also have faith that my prayer availeth, and that He who is overturning will overturn until He whose right it is shall reign. Each day I pray: “God bless my enemies; make them Thy friends; give them to know the joy and the peace of love.” (My 220:14)

To-day my soul can only sing and soar. An increasing sense of God’s love, omnipresence, and omnipotence enfolds me. Each day I know Him nearer, love Him more, and humbly pray to serve Him better. Thus seeking and finding (though feebly), finally may we not together rejoice in the church triumphant? (My 174:25)

…1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
…2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
…3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
…4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
…5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
…6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. [Psalm 23]