Smillie – Paul Smillie Biography and Category Index

Paul Smillie was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1941. His family attended 2^nd Church Christ, Scientist, in Vancouver. The Smillies moved to northern California when Paul was still in high school.

He received class instruction from Mildred LeBlond, C.S.B., when he was only 18 years of age. 

After completing a year in college, he joined the Air Force — ahead of the draft — and, near the end of his enlistment, was stationed in Mississippi and became very active in the local Christian Science church where he taught a Sunday School class of young girls, most of whom later became dedicated Christian Scientists. He also served a term as First Reader. During that time, he received orders to proceed to a posting in a top-secret, remote location. He was there for about a year and it was a marvelous provision because he was assigned to his own private quarters, and was able to study, pray, and begin to accumulate and catalog the mass of materials he would need in order to write his biography of Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy: The Prophetic and Historical Perspective.

Several years later, Paul moved to Dallas, Texas, where he was active in a local branch church, teaching in the Sunday School, and had a very successful practice with many patients over the years. In addition to his years as a practitioner, he taught Bible classes every Sunday evening for many years and also spoke regularly to a group of Jewish ladies about the Scriptures.

As a spiritual watchman, he founded The Gethsemane Foundation so he could mail copies of the articles he wrote, free of charge, to a mailing list of between 7,000 to 10,000 people. Written between 1985 and 1991, his articles uncovered the errors that are rampant in our churches, nation, and world. In 2007, those articles were compiled in a book entitled, In Defense of Mary Baker Eddy and the Remnant of Her Seed.

Before leaving us, he made copious notes in a copy of his original biography, adding much information. Years later, his sister Sharron then incorporated his notes into an edited edition, and released it in paperback. Mary Baker Eddy: The Prophetic and Historical Perspective, along with In Defense of Mary Baker Eddy and the Remnant of Her Seed, both of which are available on Amazon.com. We are sincerely grateful to The Gethsemane Foundation for permission to make these valuable publications available for our website. if you desire to purchase the printed version, it is available at Amazon.com.