Editing Bliss Knapp (section)

==Career as a Christian Science lecturer==
On Mrs. Eddy's encouragement, in 1904 Bliss Knapp began his career as a Christian Science lecturer which would last, off and on, until 1931. Mrs. Eddy had approved his appointment even while her own students such as [[Calvin Frye]] said that he was hopelessly shy. Many years later Bliss would recall this appointment, explaining that, "Mrs. Eddy knew that I had an extreme case of bashfulness when she decided to appoint me to the Board of Lectureship. Calvin Frye told me later he warned Mrs. Eddy she was making a mistake in placing one who was so fearful and timid on the Board, but she waived his objections aside. When I got her letter telling me what she proposed to do, I could have said with (the Hebrew prophet) [[Job (Biblical figure)|Job]], 'The thing I greatly feared hath come upon me.' Then I aroused myself from that and realized that Mrs. Eddy would never think of appointing me to the Board of Lectureship unless she believed that I could do it. Then what would hinder me but a belief of self and a wilful determination to be afraid, both of which are unlovely and unworthy of a hearing. So I went forward until I achieved enough to win Mrs. Eddy's unqualified approval of my work."{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

Bliss Knapp's first lecture was given in [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]], New Hampshire, and was introduced by one of Mrs. Eddy's students, Miss Emma C. Shipman.