The following questions are consistent with Mary Baker Eddy's words on the first page of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (S&H vii:13-15): "The time for thinkers has come. Truth, independent of doctrines and time-honored systems, knocks at the portal of humanity."

1. When you think of the Apostle Paul, what positive aspects of his life and teachings come to mind?

2. When you think of the Apostle Paul, what not so positive aspects of his life and teachings come to mind?

3. Which biblical people were mentioned by name 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th most frequently in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and in all of Mrs. Eddy's other published writings?

• In alphabetic order. The numbers that follow the name are the numbers of occurences in S&H, Prose Works, Church Manual, respectively. Those numbers in parenthesis are represent the total number of references to the name, including when referring to a book of the Bible with the same name in it, "John viii. 32."

• 1. Jesus 465, 442, 1 = 908 (plus many more references to Jesus' title "Christ," which Mrs. Eddy also sometimes used to refer to the man Jesus; plus many more quotes and paraphrases from Jesus)
• 2. Paul 58, 90, 1 = 148 (plus many more quotes and paraphrases from Paul)
• 3. Adam 55, 35, 0 = 90
• 4. John, the apostle and/or author of the first gospel 25 (30), 22 (37), 0 (3) = 47 (70)
• 5. Mary, mother of Jesus 9, 19, 0 = 28
• 6. John the Baptist 16, 9, 0 = 25
• 7. Isaiah 6, 10 (12), 0 = 16 (28)
• 8. Peter 8 (9), 7 (8), 0 = 15 (17)
• 9. Job = 8 (9), 6, 0 = 14 (15)
• 9. Moses 12, 2, 0 = 14
• 9. David 3, 11, 0 = 14
• 12. Cain = 13, 0, 0 = 13
• 13. Eve 7, 4, 0 = 11
• 14. James , 4 (5), 3 (4) = 7 (9)
• 14. Elias/Elijah 6, 1, 0 = 7
• 16. Mary Magdalene 5, 1, 0 = 6

• 17. Elisha 1, 1, 0 = 2

4. In 1881 in the third edition of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, what was the Bible quote that Mrs. Eddy placed on the Cross and Crown "Seal of Christian Science" for the first time -- a quote that remains on that Cross and Crown "Seal" today with the exactly same wording as in 1881? From what Bible book, chapter, and verse is that quoted? From what Bible version is it quoted?

• "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons"
• Matthew 10:8
• Revised Version, 1881, with Mrs. Eddy's modification to the RV text based upon the American biblical scholars' preferred (and correct) rendering found in the Appendix, using "demons" rather than "devils." When the American Standard Version of the Bible was published in 1901, the wording for Mat 10:8 was identical to Mrs. Eddy's wording of the text on the "Seal of Christian Science." (The American Standard Version was the American scholars' authorized revision of the Revised Version, which itself was an authorized revision of the King James Version.)

• For further details, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/bl-ver.htm.

5. What is the Bible quote that Mrs. Eddy placed on the editorial page of The Christian Science Monitor? From what Bible book, chapter, and verse is that quoted? From what Bible version is it quoted?

• "First the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear."
• Mark 4:28
• American Standard Version, 1901

• For further details, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/bl-ver.htm.

6. What book about the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians did Mrs. Eddy say that she would have written if it had not already been written?

• The Greatest Thing in the World, by Henry Drummond. Kate Davidson Kimball (Edward A. Kimball's wife) in "Love Fulfills the Law" (The Christian Science Journal, Volume 31, May 1913, page 84) wrote:

Mrs. Eddy once said she had intended to write such a book herself, but Professor Drummond had done it so well that he had saved her the effort.