Accession: 020A.09.016
Editorial Title: M. Bettie Bell to Mary Baker Eddy, August 26, 1886
Author: M. Bettie Bell 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: August 26, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by M. Bettie Bell on lined paper from Chicago, Illinois.
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My precious Teacher

I fear our letters As Written: letter's are becoming an encumbrance As Written: incumbrance but I promised to give you information as to the meeting of last evening – Mr- Day - Mrs. Noyes, Mrs. Adams Mrs- Webster & Mrs. Larminie were present– Mr-Day had a letter from Miss Brown - in which she wanted to decline joining with us - but advised us of the importance of having someoneAs Written:some one who could take lead & seemed to infer no one of those proposed had ability– After reading this Mr- Day insisted upon Miss B. being President– but we had a ballotAs Written:ballet & the vote was unanimous for Mr- Day, President- Mr- B Sherman secretary & Mrs. Noyes Treasurer – they kindly proposed me for last office- but I declined in favor of older and more competent Students – hence As Written: hense all the business As Written: busyness was arranged satisfactorily- everybody As Written: every-body was lovely & not a note of discord anywhereAs Written:any-where – After the businessAs Written:busy ness was over I treated them all to a nice table of refreshments and they were all pleased. Mrs. L. & myself As Written: my-self treated them all, in ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science through the day and Oh! how beautiful is our glorious Science and how happy it makes me to see the cobwebs As Written: cob-webs swept away by the gentle zephyrs As Written: zephers of Truth. I never have the slightest As Written: slighest fear for the progression of Our Science - for the "Standard of Truth has arisen and error cannot scale it - and Truth slays its tens of thousandsI Sam 18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. – and "He has given us a pure language and we shall all speak it with one consent"Zeph 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent. -

So dear, patient One - if we all seem wayward and hard-headed children forgive us and love us – for we are coming out all right– and our enemy cannot pierce this coat of arms that God has given us –

My patient Mr- Libby was almost cured, he took a strange notion to go to Miss Brown- After she had treated him ten days - he came back almost wild and begged me to take him back and said the night before he had almost been driven back to Drs As Written: Dr's and medicine – I pitied As Written: pittyed him and handled Animal- magnatisme strong and quietly laid him in the Ark of Safety and I just left him sound asleep in the Library chair - God is good to His "little" children –

I trust all things will be well and may we all grow and prosper in Spiritual things and do honor to Him alway – and help us not to be a care and burden to you is my prayer –

Lovingly-
Mrs. J. H. Bell
020A.09.016
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
My precious Teacher

I fear our letter's Corrected: letters are becoming an incumbrance Corrected: encumbrance but I promised to give you information as to the meeting of last evening – Mr- Day - Mrs. Noyes, Mrs. Adams & Mrs- Webster & Mrs. Larminie were present– Mr-Day had a letter from Miss Brown - in wihich she wanted to decline [?] Unclear or illegible  joining with us - but advised us of the importance of having [?] Unclear or illegible  some oneCorrected:someone who could take lead & seemed to infer no one of those proposed had ability– After reading this Mr- Day insisted upon Miss B. being President– but we had a balletCorrected:ballot & the vote was unanimous for Mr- Day, President- Mr- B Sherman secretary & Mrs. Noyes Treasurer – they kindly proposed me for last office- but I declined in favor of older and more competent Students – hense Corrected: hence all the busyness Corrected: business was arranged satisfactorily- every-body Corrected: everybody was lovely & not a note of discord any-whereCorrected:anywhere – After the busy nessCorrected:business was over I treated them all to a nice table of refreshments and they were all pleased. Mrs. L. & my-self Corrected: myself treated them all, in ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science through the day and Oh! how beautiful is our glorious Science and how happy it makes me to see the cob-webs Corrected: cobwebs swept away by the gentle zephers Corrected: zephyrs of Truth. I never have the slighest Corrected: slightest fear for the progression of Our Science - for the "Standard of Truth has arisen and error cannot scale it - and Truth slays its tens of thousandsI Sam 18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. – and "He has given us a pure language and we shall all speak it with one consent"Zeph 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent. -

So dear, patient One - if we all seem wayward [?] Unclear or illegible  and hard-headed children forgive us and love us – for we are coming out all right– and our enemy cannot pierce this coat of arms that God has given us –

My patient Mr- Libby was almost cured, he took a strange notion to go to Miss Brown- After she had treated him ten days - he came back almost wild and begged me to take him back and said the night before he had almost been driven back to Dr's Corrected: Drs and medicine – I pittyed Corrected: pitied him and handled Animal- magnatisme strong and quietly laid him in the Ark of Safety and I just left him sound asleep in the Library chair - God is good to His "little" children –

I trust all things will be well and may we all grow and prosper in Spiritual things and do honor to Him alway – and help us not to be a care and burden to you is my prayer –

Lovingly-
Mrs. J. H. Bell
 
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