05/15/2026
Mary Baker Eddy prayed daily for world peace. And there’s a story behind this flag, which she received in 1907. She gifted it for safekeeping to her church.
This “peace flag” is currently displayed on the second floor wall of The Christian Science Publishing House in Boston. Representative of the hopefulness and enthusiasm that characterized many of the pre-World War I peace movements in America, the earliest peace flags date back to 1891.
In 1898 Eddy wrote: “I earnestly request that all true Christian Scientists in our land, or in foreign lands - whether taught by me personally or through my books -- will unite in prayer for peace: For the end of hostility and war among or between all nations, and religious sects,— for divine Love to make us one human family, to have one Father-Mother God, one Christ, whereof the Scriptures bear witness; and to demonstrate the divine Life, Truth, and Love– healing the sick, blessing our enemies, and all mankind.” (A10200)
📷©:Photos courtesy of Museum Textile Services
