QUOTATIONS ON MISSION FROM THE BIBLE AND THE WRITINGS OF MARY BAKER EDDY
S&H 474:29-31
The apostle says that the mission of Christ is to "destroy the works of the devil."
Rud 2:23-27 (to ;)
Healing physical sickness is the smallest part of Christian Science. It is only the bugle-call to thought and action, in the higher range of infinite goodness. The emphatic purpose of Christian Science is the healing of sin;
S&H 150:10 the
the mission of Christian Science now, as in the time of its earlier demonstration, is not primarily one of physical healing. Now, as then, signs and wonders are wrought in the metaphysical healing of physical disease; but these signs are only to demonstrate its divine origin,--to attest the reality of the higher mission of the Christ-power to take away the sins of the world.
S&H 464:10
She therefore remains unseen at her post, seeking no self-aggrandizement but praying, watching, and working for the redemption of mankind.
man 19:1
THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN BOSTON, MASS., is designed to be built on the Rock, Christ; even the understanding and demonstration of divine Truth, Life, and Love, healing and saving the world from sin and death; thus to reflect in some degree the Church Universal and Triumphant.
Man 19:2 designed (only, to be),4-5 healing (to ;)
designed to be ...
healing and saving the world from sin and death;
S&H 483:30-31 (to ,)
One must fulfil one's mission without timidity or dissimulation,
I Cor 14:8
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?