Film Collection
Julian Alco
Helen Wood Bauman
Helen Wood Bauman
A class-taught Christian Scientist from San Francisco, Julian Alco believed there was good in everyone, and put those truths to practice while serving as Warden for San Quintin Prison. From Alco himself, “As Warden, my job was to discipline; but I realized the impossible task of trying to make a really bad man good. It was much easier t
A class-taught Christian Scientist from San Francisco, Julian Alco believed there was good in everyone, and put those truths to practice while serving as Warden for San Quintin Prison. From Alco himself, “As Warden, my job was to discipline; but I realized the impossible task of trying to make a really bad man good. It was much easier to make a good man know that he never really had to be bad. If I estimated Red Jarvis as the man that he could be, and in truth was, it was easier to follow up the admonition to ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’ That did not mean to love your neighbor as a bad man, but rather to love him as the best you knew God had made him to be. I found the saying true that people measure up to your silent estimate of them.”
Helen Wood Bauman
Helen Wood Bauman
Helen Wood Bauman
Mrs. Helen Wood Bauman, C. S. B., received her early academic education in the schools of St. Joseph, Missouri, where she studied music. Helen Wood Bauman served as a practitioner and teacher during most of the twentieth century. She is known for her prolific writing as an editor of the Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, and Herald of Christian Science.
Paul Stark Seeley
Helen Wood Bauman
Paul Stark Seeley
One of the most beloved and respected lecturers in the history of the Christian Science movement. Graduating with a law degree from Harvard University, he left his law practice to practice Christian Science, the law of God, becoming a practitioner, teacher, and lecturer. The film documents not only his accomplishments, but also the chall
One of the most beloved and respected lecturers in the history of the Christian Science movement. Graduating with a law degree from Harvard University, he left his law practice to practice Christian Science, the law of God, becoming a practitioner, teacher, and lecturer. The film documents not only his accomplishments, but also the challenges he would have to face and overcome. His story, as depicted in the film, shows how Mr. Seeley’s lectures fed a spiritually hungry world with the truths of Christian Science, as revealed to, and taught by, Mary Baker Eddy.
L. Ivimy Gwalter
Louise Wheatley Cook Hovnanian
Louise Wheatley Cook Hovnanian
"L. Ivimy Gwalter (1889–1979) was a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science who served The First Church of Christ, Scientist (The Mother Church), in many ways, including for 20 years as a member of its Board of Directors. Perhaps most extraordinary are her many contributions to the Christian Science periodicals—well over 100 articl
"L. Ivimy Gwalter (1889–1979) was a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science who served The First Church of Christ, Scientist (The Mother Church), in many ways, including for 20 years as a member of its Board of Directors. Perhaps most extraordinary are her many contributions to the Christian Science periodicals—well over 100 articles published over eight decades, beginning with a testimony of healing at the age of ten."
**Excerpt from Women of History**
Louise Wheatley Cook Hovnanian
Louise Wheatley Cook Hovnanian
Louise Wheatley Cook Hovnanian
"Wanting to become a writer from very early on, Louise's first book was published after graduating from a private girls’ school in New York... In total, Louise wrote over 70 articles and poems for the periodicals from 1908 to 1958, several of which were later reprinted in pamphlet form...Mrs. Hovnanian became a member of The Mother Chur
"Wanting to become a writer from very early on, Louise's first book was published after graduating from a private girls’ school in New York... In total, Louise wrote over 70 articles and poems for the periodicals from 1908 to 1958, several of which were later reprinted in pamphlet form...Mrs. Hovnanian became a member of The Mother Church in 1906, and received Primary class instruction in 1913. She became an authorized teacher of Christian Science in 1916, and from 1917 through 1958 taught in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Appointed to the Christian Science Board of Lectureship in 1935, Louise Hovnanian lectured in Europe and North America."
**Excerpts from Longyear Museum Biography**
Elizabeth Earl Jones
Louise Wheatley Cook Hovnanian
Elizabeth Earl Jones
"Elizabeth Earl Jones (1879–1963) is known in particular for her early efforts to defend the rights of Christian Scientists to practice their faith. She was a Christian Science practitioner and teacher who spent the majority of her life dedicated to healing, and even played the role of citizen detective and compiler. She was skilled in g
"Elizabeth Earl Jones (1879–1963) is known in particular for her early efforts to defend the rights of Christian Scientists to practice their faith. She was a Christian Science practitioner and teacher who spent the majority of her life dedicated to healing, and even played the role of citizen detective and compiler. She was skilled in gathering historical information relating to the lives of early Christian Scientists. And she strongly believed this work played just as much a part in furthering the mission of Christian Science as did her own healing practice."
**Excerpt from Women of History**
Dr. John Tutt
John Randall Dunn
John Randall Dunn
Dr. John M. Tutt, of Kansas City, Missouri, was a practicing medical doctor when he was healed through the teachings of Christian Science.
John Randall Dunn
John Randall Dunn
John Randall Dunn
John Randall Dunn was intending to be a minister early in life and preach in the Episcopal church. When his father was healed of a severe physical condition he immediately wanted to tell the world about Christian Science and what it could do for mankind. He would fulfill that desire by becoming a Christian Science Practitioner, teacher,
John Randall Dunn was intending to be a minister early in life and preach in the Episcopal church. When his father was healed of a severe physical condition he immediately wanted to tell the world about Christian Science and what it could do for mankind. He would fulfill that desire by becoming a Christian Science Practitioner, teacher, lecturer, and an editor at the Christian Science Publishing Society. He also authored a number of hymns in the Christian Science Hymnal.