Hezekiah asked Isaiah what sign the Lord would give that he would be healed, and he was given two options. Here is the one he chose: “. . . let the shadow return backward ten degrees. And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, . . . ” (Lesson citation #4 – II Kings 20:8-11).

And then, in the Bible story about Joshua and the Lord delivering up the Amorites before the children of Israel, we read: “. . . And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. And there was no day like that before it or after it, . . .” (Lesson citation #6 – Joshua 10: 12-14).

These citations immediately brought to mind what I read recently in the Doris Grekel biography of Mrs. Eddy, which records a celestial phenomenon that occurred on the day that our Leader, at age 12, was immediately healed of the fever that befell her as a result of the harsh doctrine of her father’s church regarding predestination. The biographer notes that this occasion was when young Mary’s “religious experience was culminating. To culminate means to reach the highest point of altitude.” She continues: “. . . in 1833, the stars fell from heaven. This phenomenon of shooting stars pointed to Boston, though Mary knew not that her future lay in that city. It was computed that on the morning of November 13, 1833, no fewer than two hundred forty thousand meteors were at the same time visible above the horizon of Boston. A professor of astronomy at Yale University wrote: ‘The morning of November 13th, 1833, was rendered memorable by an exhibition of the phenomenon called shooting stars which was probably more extensive and magnificent than any here-to-fore recorded. . .'” (pp. 7-8, Vol. 1, Discovery of the Science of Man).

I am so happy to have been guided to the 3-volume Grekel biography that was mentioned recently during a Roundtable discussion. What an eminently important thing it is for us to continue to increase our understanding of the TRUE history of Mrs. Eddy, and her proper place in Bible prophecy, the acknowledgment and understanding upon which the prosperity of the Cause, and the ability to heal successfully, so much depends, as has been stated clearly on multiple occasions, such as:

• Mrs. Eddy: “People seem to understand Christian Science in the exact ratio that they know me and vice-versa. It sometimes astonishes me to see the invariableness of this rule.”– (Mary Baker Eddy – The Prophetic and Historical Perspective, by Paul R. Smillie – p. xviii)
• “In proportion as the Movement overcomes its resistance to Mary Baker Eddy, so will the world begin to overcome its resistance to Christian Science.” (ibid, p. xix)
• “We have work to do, and this work is to break the mesmerism that keeps Christian Scientists from loving their Leader. It is this love for her that will prosper her Cause.” (ibid, p. x)
• “. . . the time has come for a proper recognition, or ‘true sense,’ of our beloved Leader.” (ibid, p. xx)