Accession: 025A.10.007
Editorial Title: Clara E. Choate to Mary Baker Eddy, December 9, 1879
Author: Clara E. Choate 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: December 9, 1879
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Clara E. Choate on lined paper from Boston, Massachusetts.
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Boston DecemberAs Written:Dec- 9 - 1879
Mrs. Eddy
My Beloved Teacher

O. how I wish I was more worthy to call you this but I fear I am not- I have receivedAs Written:recieved a note from a patient asking me to discontinue my visits and it has plunged me into the deepest sorrow and my heart cries out in its grief, make me more worthy to walk on with this great Truth and bring out a higher understanding of "God" and i ts power to heal. You have ever taught us if we would follow "Jesus" we must take up His cross and deny selfMatt 16:24 ¶Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Mark 8:34 ¶And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Luke 9:23 ¶And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. , but My darling I am so weak I do not always do this and then I suffer so for the mistake and I am glad I have to suffer for every mistake for I know it is making me wiser, better, and purer, and if I press on and faint not I shall reach that "Peace that passeth understanding"Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. will I not? Beloved follower of Christ,

You have set us an example so grand, so beautiful, so true, even like the "Master" that when some trial or grief comes to shock me and I waken to see where I stand I find myself so faltering so weak so far away that I cry out like Peter when walking the wave save me, save meMatt 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. .

You will forgive me for thus troubling you but none other quite understand me as you and my "Heavenly Father" and my crosses seem so heavy– teach me dear One to make them light and I will try and walk as you would have me, overcoming all error of sense for I find no pleasure in it.

Do not answerAs Written:ans. me only with a touch of mind that I have so many times felt before in my hours of trial and loneliness.

Your loving Student
Clara E. Choate.
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Boston DecCorrected:December- 9 - 1879
Mrs. Eddy
My Beloved Teacher

O. how I wish I was more worthy to call you this but I fear I am not- I have recievedCorrected:received a note from a patient asking me to discontinue my visits and it has plunged me into the deepest sorrow and my heart cries out in its grief, make me more worthy to walk on with this great Truth and bring out a higher understanding of "God" and is ts power to heal. You have ever taught us if we would follow "Jesus" we must take up His cross and deny selfMatt 16:24 ¶Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Mark 8:34 ¶And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Luke 9:23 ¶And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. , but My darling I am so weak I do not always do this and then I suffer so for the mistake and I am glad I have to suffer for every mistake for I know it is making me wiser, better, and purer, and if I press on and faint not I shall reach that "Peace that passeth understanding"Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. will I not? Beloved follower of Christ,

You have set us an example so grand, so beautiful, so true, even like the "Master" that when some trial or grief comes to shock me and I waken to see where I stand I find myself so faltering so weak so far away that I cry out like Peter when walking the wave save me, save meMatt 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. .

You will forgive me for thus troubling you but none other quite understand me as you and my "Heavenly Father" and my crosses seem so heavy– teach me dear o One to make them light and I will try and walk as you would have me, overcoming all error of sense for I find no pleasure in ist.

Do not ans.Expanded:answer me only with a touch of mind that I have so many times felt before in my hours of trial and loneliness.

Your loving Student
Clara E. Choate.
 
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