Quote#Love
The tender word and Christian encouragement of an invalid, pitiful…
Quote byMary Baker Eddy · 1821–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ', p. 367.
English (original)
The tender word and Christian encouragement of an invalid, pitiful patience with his fears and the removal of them, are better than hecatombs of gushing theories, stereotyped borrowed speeches, and the doling of arguments, which are but so many parodies on legitimate Christian Science, aflame with divine Love.
— Mary Baker Eddy
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