As I am alone for a little while and constantly thinking of you must write you a few lines. let me first say, you don't know how much good you have done me since I saw you, your talk with me the Sunday I called on you has plainly told in my work of healing, I told you my difficulty was, my patients had too many chemicalsEditorial Note: This refers to "chemicalization," a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of "fermentation" as errors of various types are being destroyed., and I have carried the thoughts you gave me to my patients. and tell you, that not one has had any chemicalEditorial Note: This refers to "chemicalization," a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of "fermentation" as errors of various types are being destroyed. yet, and my quickest work has been done since I came back, three patients came to me last Monday and Tuesday two with Stomach and heart beliefs, and one with rheumatism. I treated them told them to come in next day. I saw nothing of them till one came in yesterday to tell me he had nothing to come to me again for, as he never was so well in his life. the other two told me the same thing this morning. so am not going to be surprised at any thing now. one more case I think will interest you, the Cashier of the bank has a wife whom the first M.D. in the city says cant live till Spring. Says right lung is through in two places and left lung is starting. he came for me or rather the Husband came for me. when I went to her, I carried the thought you gave me, and felt andknew there was nothing the matter. she is improving wonderfully, and without any chemicalEditorial Note: This refers to "chemicalization," a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of "fermentation" as errors of various types are being destroyed.. I thought to visit her a week and let her rest a week, but her Husband says she keeps improving so every day he rather I would not stop. I have my Office hours 9 to 12. & 2 to 6. & 7 to 8 Evenings, immediately after breakfast a carriage is sent to the hotel for me to visit a patient, then immediately after dinner a carriage waits to take me to the richest man in GardinerEditorial Note: Gardiner, Maine. worth $800.000Editorial Note: $800,000 in 1883 is the equivalent of $21,353,724.11 in 2017. then after Supper another carriage takes me to a patient, and after 8 o'clockAs Written:oclk another carriage takes me three miles to another patient. so you see I am busy out side of Office hours all the time. Metaphysics is beginning to have a foothold here. I don't think I ever was made so much of in my life, my patients think I am some thing wonderful. I tell them its not me, but God who does the work. I had two ladies and their husbands call on me yesterday to talk with me. they were church people, and I talked with them. they said I had shown them a deeper thought of Christianity then they ever thought of before, and thought our ministers had not gone deep enough yet. and truly teacher when I got through talking I felt as though my thoughts had been miles away from the mortal body. you remember I told you the Universalist Clergyman called on me, well he advised two of his church members that were sick to visit me. they did so and are now well. I heard that last Sunday he talked very plainly in his Sermon a number of my ideas, now about myself. I am sorry Capt Baker spoke to you about my throat. He heard me cough so much, that he said now I that Mrs Eddys thought will help you and I will speak to her, I have a strong belief that change of Air wanted to affect the throat. I ruled that fear out of thought. then I had another belief that so much talking made the nerves and muscles break --and it tried to bother me a good deal, I have nearly destroyed the fear, and find myself talking a good deal without once thinking of the throat. thank you for what you wrote me on the card. I think of you dear Teacher every day. I am a good way from you to material sense, but to the Sense of Soul I feel you very near me every day. I hope to see you again before Winter is over. think of me as often as you can, and I know I shall feel your thought. also write me when you can, with lots of love
| Accession: | 120.22.001 |
| Editorial Title: | Alice B. Poole to Mary Baker Eddy, December 1, 1883 |
| Author: | Alice B. Poole |
| Recipient: | Mary Baker Eddy |
| Date: | December 1, 1883 |
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As I am alone for a little while and constantly thinking of you must write you a few lines. let me first say, you don't know how much good you have done me since I saw you, your talk with me the Sunday I called on you has plainly told in my work of healing, I told you my difficulty was, my patients had too many chemicalsEditorial Note: This refers to "chemicalization," a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of "fermentation" as errors of various types are being destroyed., and I have carried the thoughts you gave me to my patients. and tell you, that not one has had any chemicalEditorial Note: This refers to "chemicalization," a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of "fermentation" as errors of various types are being destroyed. yet, and my quickest work has been done since I came back, three patients came to me last Monday and Tuesday two with Stomach and heart beliefs, and one with rheumatism. I treated them told them to come in next day. I saw nothing of them till one came in yesterday to tell me he had nothing to come to me again for, as he never was so well in his life. the other two told me the same thing this morning. so am not going to be surprised at any thing now. one more case I think will interest you, the Cashier of the bank has a wife whom the first M.D. in the city says cant live till Spring. Says right lung is through in two places and left lung is starting. he came for me or rather the Husband came for me. when I went to her, I carried the thought you gave me, and felt andknew there was nothing the matter. she is improving wonderfully, and without any chemicalEditorial Note: This refers to "chemicalization," a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of "fermentation" as errors of various types are being destroyed.. I thought to visit her a week and let her rest a week, but her Husband says she keeps improving so every day he rather I would not stop. I have my Office hours 9 to 12. & 2 to 6. & 7 to 8 Evenings, immediately after breakfast a carriage is sent to the hotel for me to visit a patient, then immediately after dinner a carriage waits to take me to the richest man in GardinerEditorial Note: Gardiner, Maine. worth $800.000Editorial Note: $800,000 in 1883 is the equivalent of $21,353,724.11 in 2017. then after Supper another carriage takes me to a patient, and after 8 oclkCorrected:o'clock another carriage takes me three miles to another patient. so you see I am busy out side of Office hours all the time. Metaphysics is beginning to have a foothold here. I don't think I ever was made so much of in my life, my patients think I am some thing wonderful. I tell them its not me, but God who does the work. I had two ladies and their husbands call on me yesterday to talk with me. they were church people, and I talked with them. they said I had shown them a deeper thought of Christianity then they ever thought of before, and thought our ministers had not gone deep enough yet. and truly teacher when I got through talking I felt as though my thoughts had been miles away from the mortal body. you remember I told you the Universalist Clergyman called on me, well he advised two of his church members that were sick to visit me. they did so and are now well. I heard that last Sunday he talked very plainly in his Sermon a number of my ideas, now about myself. I am sorry Capt Baker spoke to you about my throat. He heard me cough so much, that he said now I that Mrs Eddys thought will help you and I will speak to her, I have a strong belief that change of Air wanted to affect the throat. I ruled that fear out of thought. then I had another belief that so much talking made the nerves and muscles break --and it tried to bother me a good deal, I have nearly destroyed the fear, and find myself talking a good deal without once thinking of the throat. thank you for what you wrote me on the card. I think of you dear Teacher every day. I am a good way from you to material sense, but to the Sense of Soul I feel you very near me every day. I hope to see you again before Winter is over. think of me as often as you can, and I know I shall feel your thought. also write me when you can, with lots of love