Accession: 163A.27.049
Editorial Title: Ellen Brown Linscott to Mary Baker Eddy, March 20, 1887
Author: Ellen Brown Linscott 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: March 20, 1887
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Ellen Brown Linscott on unlined paper from Chicago, Illinois.
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Chicago, Ill,
M'ch 20–'87
My dear Teacher,

I received your As Written: you note and wished to say more than I could in a telegram, and as Dr. H– is here will send it by him and then I'll know you receive it. Mr. Adams I don't think would go to OcontoEditorial Note: Oconto, Wisconsin, He has taken several rooms in a public building here and expects his daughter Edith and a son, here soon, His course has been so bad in its effect on the students, and he has said he could not conscientiously circulate the MarchAs Written:M'ch Journal of C. S. because he did not like the reply to Gill's articleEditorial Note: See “Rev. Wm. I. Gill’s Newspaper Attack” on pages 296-301 of the March 1887 issue of The Christian Science Journal. and of course As Written: cours will influence others not to do it, so I can do nothing, I cannot so long as you endorse him refuse to work with him in the Association, and yet I know that his influence there As Written: ther is not of a nature As Written: natur to create confidence in your As Written: you judgment. I feel like resigning the Presidency and leaving them to their As Written: thir fate, I cannot feel that he is anything better than a whited sephulchrMatt 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. , after the As Written: th dishonest and deceitful As Written: desceitful way in which he has treated me, and then his reading your As Written: yr letter to the Association! was a most dishonorable thing, He says there As Written: ther is much truth in Gill's letter As Written: lettr to the "Religio."Editorial Note: The Religio-Philosophical Journal. It was a spiritualist and mind cure publication founded in 1865 in Chicago, Illinois. It ceased publication on April 22, 1905. as he himself was subjected to similar treatment etc etc, If he dares to say As Written: sy that to me what will he say to others. I cannot do anythingAs Written:any thing about the Institute at present. Mrs. Ewings husband won't let her work in any more public way than she does at present.

I never As Written: nevr was so discouraged as now, to see so much of my hard and faithful work turn down, and by a " professed As Written: poffessed brother" Please consider this confidential.

Lovingly your As Written: yr student.
Ellen Brown.

Excuse haste,

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Chicago, Ill,
M'ch 20–'87
My dear Teacher,

I received you Corrected: your note and wished to say more than I could in a telegram, and as Dr. H– is here will send it by him and then I'll know you receive it. Mr. Adams I don't think would go to OcontoEditorial Note: Oconto, Wisconsin, He has taken several rooms in a public building here and expects his daughter Edith and a son, here soon, His course has been so bad in its effect on the students, and he has said he could not conscientiously circulate the M'chExpanded:March Journal of C. S. because he did not like the reply to Gill's articleEditorial Note: See “Rev. Wm. I. Gill’s Newspaper Attack” on pages 296-301 of the March 1887 issue of The Christian Science Journal. and of cours Corrected: course will influence others not to do it, so I can do nothing, I cannot so long e Corrected: long as you endorse him refuse to work with him in the Association, and yet I know that his influence ther Corrected: there is not of a natur Corrected: nature to create confidence in you Corrected: your judgment. I feel like resigning the Presidency and leaving them to thir Corrected: their fate, I cannot feel that he is anything better than a whited sephulchrMatt 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. , after th Corrected: the dishonest and desceitful Corrected: deceitful way in which he has treated me, and then his reading yr Corrected: your letter to the Association! was a most dishonorable thing, He says ther Corrected: there is much truth in Gill's lettr Corrected: letter to the "Religio."Editorial Note: The Religio-Philosophical Journal. It was a spiritualist and mind cure publication founded in 1865 in Chicago, Illinois. It ceased publication on April 22, 1905. as he himself was subjected to similar treatment etc etc, If he dares to sy Corrected: say that to me what will he say to others. I cannot do any thingCorrected:anything about a the Institute at present. Mrs. Ewings husband won't let her work in any more public way than she does at present.

I nevr Corrected: never was so discouraged as now, to see so much of my hard and faithful work turn down, and by a " poffessed Corrected: professed brother" Please consider this confidential.

Lovingly yr Corrected: your student.
Ellen Brown.

Excuse haste,

 
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Oconto, Wisconsin See “Rev. Wm. I. Gill’s Newspaper Attack” on pages 296-301 of the March 1887 issue of The Christian Science Journal. The Religio-Philosophical Journal. It was a spiritualist and mind cure publication founded in 1865 in Chicago, Illinois. It ceased publication on April 22, 1905.