Thursday, May 11, 2017
Mary Baker Eddy House
Mary Baker Eddy was born in 1866. Her family rented an apartment on the second floor of this home. Mary was an author and journalist in Lynn. On an icy morning Mary fell on a sidewalk. The fall caused severe internal injuries that would last throughout her life if she survived. One night she prayed and recited versus from her Bible and asked to be able to walk again. As soon as she was done praying she supposedly pulled herself up and walked across the room with out any help. After her amazing recovery they sold the house. During ther recovery her husband left her alone. Even though she was sad and alone, she was alive. Mary Baker Eddy referred to this house as the “birthplace of Christian Science.”
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I drive by the house many times a week but have never been inside. I grew up near the other Mary Baker Eddy house in Lynn on Broad Street. I used to visit it as a child when I was more interested in the horse hair sofa in the living room than the religious history of Mary Baker Eddy.
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