Accession: 013BP2.08.002
Editorial Title: William P. McKenzie to Mary Baker Eddy, March 2, 1902
Author: William P. McKenzie 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: March 2, 1902
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by William P. Mckenzie on unlined paper.
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MAR–2 1902
Beloved Mother,

A short time ago Mrs Ewing sent me an item of news wherein can be seen a wonderful prophecy. You may remember hearing of the great strike in Chicago when the city had to be placed under martial law & the boulevards were occupied with the white tents of the SoldiersEditorial Note: The Pullman strike took place in the late spring and summer of 1894. It began initially with factory workers at the Pullman Company factory in Chicago, Illinois, but when their demands were ignored, it spread to include a boycott of all trains carrying Pullman cars. The boycott was led by the American Railway Union and Eugene V. Debs. Because some of the trains carried US mail, federal troops were sent to Chicago to address the situation.. The man who ordered & inspired the strike was Eugene DebsEditorial Note: Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) was an American socialist activist and trade unionist. He was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Debs was known to be a devout Christian and a skeptic of organized religion. I have talked with those who know him, & they consider him an honest and kindhearted As Written: kind-hearted man; but he had no way to gain what he saw to be right, then, but by force. Mrs Ewing tells that at a recent meeting they had "Most interesting testimonies from Eugene Debs and an associate healed of sickness and of irreligious & anarchistic beliefs through reading Science & HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy".

This news to me has been full of hope & inspiration for the problem of society todayAs Written:to day is industrial – to find the right relation of workman & employer. The "healing" of these two men is prophetic. By the way we have in our Church in CambridgeEditorial Note: Cambridge, Massachusetts a noted labor-agitator, Mr. Henry Lloyd, who has become simple & childlikeAs Written:child like through ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science.

With love & good cheer from us bothEditorial Note: William P. McKenzie and Daisette D. S. McKenzie in this home, Ever lovingly
Wm. P. McKenzie
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MAR–2 1902
Beloved Mother,

A short time ago Mrs Ewing sent me an item of news wherein can be seen a wonderful prophecy. You may remember hearing of the great strike in Chicago when the city had to be placed under martial law & the boulevards were occupied with the white tents of the SoldiersEditorial Note: The Pullman strike took place in the late spring and summer of 1894. It began initially with factory workers at the Pullman Company factory in Chicago, Illinois, but when their demands were ignored, it spread to include a boycott of all trains carrying Pullman cars. The boycott was led by the American Railway Union and Eugene V. Debs. Because some of the trains carried US mail, federal troops were sent to Chicago to address the situation.. The man who ordered & inspired the strike was Eugene DebsEditorial Note: Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) was an American socialist activist and trade unionist. He was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Debs was known to be a devout Christian and a skeptic of organized religion. I have talked with those who know him, & they consider him an honest and kind-hearted Corrected: kindhearted man; but he had no way to gain what he saw to be right, then, but by force. Mrs Ewing tells that at a recent meeting they had "Most interesting testimonies from Eugene Debs and an associate healed of sickness and of irreligious & an [?] Unclear or illegible archistic beliefs through reading Science & HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy".

This news to me has been full of hope & inspiration for the problem of society to dayCorrected:today is industrial – to find the right relation of workman & employer. The "healing" of these two men is prophetic. By the way we have in our Church in CambridgeEditorial Note: Cambridge, Massachusetts a noted labor-agitator, Mr. Henry Lloyd, who has become simple & child likeCorrected:childlike through ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science.

With love & good cheer from us bothEditorial Note: William P. McKenzie and Daisette D. S. McKenzie in this home, Ever lovingly
Wm. P. McKenzie
 
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The Pullman strike took place in the late spring and summer of 1894. It began initially with factory workers at the Pullman Company factory in Chicago, Illinois, but when their demands were ignored, it spread to include a boycott of all trains carrying Pullman cars. The boycott was led by the American Railway Union and Eugene V. Debs. Because some of the trains carried US mail, federal troops were sent to Chicago to address the situation. Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) was an American socialist activist and trade unionist. He was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Debs was known to be a devout Christian and a skeptic of organized religion. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Cambridge, Massachusetts Christian Science William P. McKenzie and Daisette D. S. McKenzie