Your two lettersEditorial Note: See L08261 and L08186. duly read- I enclose envelope of one to see if it came the way you intended- It came promptly - please see the back of it. In regard to that telegramEditorial Note: See L08261 for mention of this telegram. Tuesday. When the meetingEditorial Note: Annual meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, held on Tuesday, October 1, 1895 was opened I appointed a committee as follows, Judge Hanna, Mrs Lathrop & Mrs Leavitt to prepare and send you the telegram Mrs Lathrop bought me a copy of it to the desk, I asked As Written: askerd her if she had sent it and she said they had. The copy was read to the meeting. The Judge now says he did not hear me say that they were to send the telegram. I spoke distinctly and everyoneAs Written:every one beside him in the room heard me. I am very sorry this occurredAs Written:occured. I thought I had covered every point, so imagine my surprise when I learned you had not received it. We are delighted to have Mrs Sargent here. She is true, and that is enough As Written: enought to say. We have always loved her. I am rejoiced to learn that the keyEditorial Note: A gold key that contains melted jewels. See L08261. returned from its trip out West. I always felt that it would come back into your hands. I asked Mr Hatten if he had any message for me and he said he had none. Yours of Oct 4thEditorial Note: See L08186. came about 5 P M- 5th and was very welcome. We are pleased to have Mrs Munroe have the keyEditorial Note: The Mother's Room was a room built for Mary Baker Eddy during the building of the Original Edifice of The Mother Church. A group of children called the Busy Bees fundraised for the construction and furnishing of this room. On April 1, 1895, Eddy visited the Original Edifice for the first time and spent the night in the Mother's Room. The Mother's Room was closed in October 1908. in the interval. In fact we at first thought of writing and asking if we could not give it to her but afterward thought best to carry out your instruction literally As Written: litteraly and place it in your hands, then you could act as you thought best. Mrs Munroe will be discreet and is willing to be guided by you. I notice the last clause in your letterEditorial Note: See L08261. and had recently been reminded of the same. What I want is Harmony from the standpoint of ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science, and am willing to do anything I know how to advance the time of realization. I have no ambitions to satisfy, neither do I covet any man's goods, but I should like the privilege of working out my own salvationPhil 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. , and I believe I shall. God showed me some things several years ago that I shall never doubt, He did not say that I should not be tried and tempted, but he did reveal to me that I should pass through the fire and not be burnedIsa 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. . So whatever comes I never doubt the final triumph of Truth. I could have been of no possible use in building the Church if I had doubted for a moment that the work would be finished. When I went into that building I saw it finished as it is today.
| Accession: | 019C.09.038 |
| Editorial Title: | Edward P. Bates to Mary Baker Eddy, October 6, 1895 |
| Author: | Edward P. Bates |
| Recipient: | Mary Baker Eddy |
| Date: | October 6, 1895 |
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Your two lettersEditorial Note: See L08261 and L08186. duly read- I enclose envelope of one to see if it came the way you intended- It came promptly - please see the back of it. In regard to that telegramEditorial Note: See L08261 for mention of this telegram. Tuesday. When the meetingEditorial Note: Annual meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, held on Tuesday, October 1, 1895 was opened I appointed a committee as follows, Judge Hanna, Mrs Lathrop & Mrs Leavitt to prepare and send you the telegram Mrs Lathrop bought me a copy of it to the desk, I askerd Corrected: asked her if she had sent it and she said they had. The copy was read to the meeting. The Judge now says he did not hear me say that they were to send the telegram. I spoke distinctly and every oneCorrected:everyone beside him in the room heard me. I am very sorry this occuredCorrected:occurred. I thought I had covered every point, so imagine my surprise when I learned you had not received it. We are delighted to have Mrs Sargent here. She is t [?] Unclear or illegible rue, and that is enought Corrected: enough to say. We have always loved her. I am rejoiced to learn that the keyEditorial Note: A gold key that contains melted jewels. See L08261. returned from its trip out West. I always felt that it would come back into your hands. I asked Mr Hatten if he had any message for me and he said he had none. Yours of Oct 4thEditorial Note: See L08186. came about 5 P M- 5th and was very welcome. We are pleased to have Mrs Munroe have the keyEditorial Note: The Mother's Room was a room built for Mary Baker Eddy during the building of the Original Edifice of The Mother Church. A group of children called the Busy Bees fundraised for the construction and furnishing of this room. On April 1, 1895, Eddy visited the Original Edifice for the first time and spent the night in the Mother's Room. The Mother's Room was closed in October 1908. in the [?] Unclear or illegible interval. In fact we at first thought of writing and asking if we could not give it to her but afterward thought best to carry out your instruction litteraly Corrected: literally and place it in your hands, then you could act as you thought best. Mrs Munroe will be discreet and is willing to be guided by you. I notice the last clause in your letterEditorial Note: See L08261. and had recently been reminded of the same. What I want is Harmony from the standpoint of ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science, and am willing to do anything I know how to advance the time of realization. I have no ambitions to satisfy, neither do I c [?] Unclear or illegible ovet any man's goods, but I should like the privilege of working out my own salvationPhil 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. , and I believe I shall. God showed me some things several y [?] Unclear or illegible ears ago that I shall never doubt, He di [?] Unclear or illegible d not say that I should not be tried and tempted, but he did reveal to me that I should pass through the fire and not be burnedIsa 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. . So whatever comes I never dou [?] Unclear or illegible bt the final triumph of Truth. I could have been of no possible use in building the Church if I had doubted for a moment that the w [?] Unclear or illegible ork would be finished. When I went into that building I saw it finished as it is today.