Mary Brookins (c.1856-1918) was born in Minnesota and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At age four she was adopted by W. Smith Brookins and Lucy A. Brookins (b. Thompson), and in 1873 the family moved to Downers Grove, Illinois, where Brookins became a schoolteacher.
Smith had a significant healing through Christian Science treatment that inspired all three Brookinses to begin studying and practicing it. In 1887 Mary and Lucy studied with Caroline D. Noyes, one of Mary Baker Eddy's students. They both took Eddy's Normal class in May 1888 and joined the Christian Science Church in Chicago, Illinois, that year. Smith then took a class in Christian Science from Lucy. Mary began teaching Christian Science in 1890. In 1892 she was one of the incorporators and first directors of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and served as its pastor and then its First Reader. She joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 31, 1892, and Smith and Lucy both joined September 30, 1893.
Mary was also a member of the Christian Scientist Association, the National Christian Scientist Association, and the General Association of Teachers. In 1903 she was appointed to the Board of Lectureship, and between then and 1910 she lectured throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. She wrote dozens of articles for publication in The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel. Mary was listed as a practitioner and teacher in the Journal from 1889 to 1918. Smith and Lucy were listed as practitioners in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1894 and 1895, and Lucy was listed in Chicago in 1896 and in Paris, France, in 1899.
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Mary Brookins (c.1856-1918) was born in Minnesota and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At age four she was adopted by W. Smith Brookins and Lucy A. Brookins (b. Thompson), and in 1873 the family moved to Downers Grove, Illinois, where Brookins became a schoolteacher.
Smith had a significant healing through Christian Science treatment that inspired all three Brookinses to begin studying and practicing it. In 1887 Mary and Lucy studied with Caroline D. Noyes, one of Mary Baker Eddy's students. They both took Eddy's Normal class in May 1888 and joined the Christian Science Church in Chicago, Illinois, that year. Smith then took a class in Christian Science from Lucy. Mary began teaching Christian Science in 1890. In 1892 she was one of the incorporators and first directors of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and served as its pastor and then its First Reader. She joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 31, 1892, and Smith and Lucy both joined September 30, 1893.
Mary was also a member of the Christian Scientist Association, the National Christian Scientist Association, and the General Association of Teachers. In 1903 she was appointed to the Board of Lectureship, and between then and 1910 she lectured throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. She wrote dozens of articles for publication in The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel. Mary was listed as a practitioner and teacher in the Journal from 1889 to 1918. Smith and Lucy were listed as practitioners in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1894 and 1895, and Lucy was listed in Chicago in 1896 and in Paris, France, in 1899.
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