Accession: 305.43.012
Editorial Title: John S. Norvell to Mary Baker Eddy, March 11, 1887
Author: John S. Norvell 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: March 11, 1887
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by John S. Norvell on lined paper from Weeping Water, Nebraska.
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Your Kind letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. filled with warm loving As Written: loveing words to me receivedAs Written:recd.. This morning I thank you for your kindness. yes Mr Gills words some of them were very cruel and yet when you look through As Written: throught them you can see on the other side the condemnation of himselfAs Written:him self how absurd to claim that he is a wise man and yet so innocent? he must have been very wise! to be thus led on by such a designing woman I think I Should not have exposed my own foolishness and weakness to expose it in anotherAs Written:an other. a gentlemanAs Written:gentle man who knew nothing of ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science and who had never heard of it: until As Written: untill he read something from Mr Gill, said he thought that man was simply exposing his ignorance, by showing that when he could not get control As Written: controll of everythingAs Written:every thing himselfAs Written:him self he would ruin everythingAs Written:every thing and cry thief against others his superiors, and thus it often is, I have 3 classes waiting me now although the evil influence that I mentioned in my last went ontoAs Written:on to the ground and almost took away two of my classes, but it has reverted back to its starting Point, and of course does its work.

I must close As Written: closes , a letter will reach me here for the next two weeks.

Your loving As Written: loveing student As Written: Studant
J. S. Norvell
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Your Kind letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. filled with warm loveing Corrected: loving words to me recd.Expanded:received. This morning I thank you for your kindness. yes Mr Gills words some of them were very cruel and yet when you look throught Corrected: through them you can see on the other side the condemnation of him selfCorrected:himself how absurd to claim that he is a wise man and yet so inno [?] Unclear or illegible cent? he must have been very wise! to be thus led on by such a designing woman I think I Should not have exposed my own foolishness and weakness to expose it in an otherCorrected:another. a gentle manCorrected:gentleman who knew nothing of ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science and who had never heard of it: untill Corrected: until he read something from Mr Gill, said he thought that man was simply exposing his ignorance, by showing that when he could not get controll Corrected: control of every thingCorrected:everything him selfCorrected:himself he would ruin every thingCorrected:everything and cry thief against others his superiors, and thus it offten is, I have 3 classes waiting me now although the evil influence that I mentioned in my last went on toCorrected:onto the ground and almost took away two of my classes, but it has reverted back to its starting Point, and of course does its work.

I must closes Corrected: close , a letter will reach me here for the next two weeks.

Your loveing Corrected: loving Studant Corrected: student
J. S. Norvell
 
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