However, unlike Eddy, Walter rejected Christianity as a religion and never founded a church: he restrained himself to teach the 'Science of Life' at his home: a phrase he took freely from Eddy. He called his teaching 'the Science of Eschatology' and, like Eddy did before, claimed that the science was taught by Jesus. Walter stipulated that each teacher requested an annual renewal of a permit that he alone granted.

By 1920 some of his students started teaching new students, though Walter always examined them. In 1917 Walter held a class at his home for his closest followers and started a teaching plan for his 'Walter Method of Christ Science.' He also continued to publish books and booklets for his successive courses. In 1916 he also published his first Plain Talk series booklets, which heavily drew upon Eddy's teaching while adding many of his own ideas. Walter reprinted the book, this time with his real name.īetween 19 Walter wrote several more books. The book was relatively rejected by church members but widely accepted by outsiders. In 1910 Walter published The Christ Way under a pseudonym, in which he presented Christian Science concepts without mentioning the religion itself or Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the church. Walter thus became involved in trying to heal others as a Christian Science practitioner.īetween 19 he wrote three novels about mental healing for his clients and also for people outside the church. In his writings he claims that after seven years of struggling using the Christian Science healing techniques he finally overcame his illness. The condition of the son depressed him and by thirty Walter caught tuberculosis. He never obtained formal education and had fishing as a hobby. At twenty-seven Walter was a buyer in a department store, a job he held the rest of his life. The boy was fourteen when Walter became involved in the Christian Science church. The couple had a son who became sick and handicapped. There he learned the trade, but soon after returned to his former job in Aurora and at twenty-one married his fiancée Barbara Stenger. He later returned home and bought a barber shop. He left home at seventeen and moved to Aurora, Illinois. Raised in a Catholic family, as a teenager he started to visit other church denominations. William Wilfred Walter was born in Sublette, Illinois on July 13, 1869. ( February 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

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