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Students learned practical Christianity. "Everything that (Mrs. Eddy) said and did was a shining example of common sense." (Irving Tomlinson - 12 years with Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.) She always adapted herself to the individual and spoke so simply so they could grasp her meaning. Like Paul once said, "I had rather speak 5 words of my...
One decision regarding the newspaper Mrs. Eddy did not leave to her officials was the name. Many tried to convince her that it was a handicap and a mistake. After several failed attempts to change her mind, Irving Tomlinson wrote of the final decision Mrs. Eddy gave to her editor, Alexander Dodds. "Mrs. Eddy is firm, and her answer is...