Your favor of the 10th instEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. came duly. The contents were a surprise and a new revelation. Viz- That there were persons here, trying to injure my reputation as a "Christian Scientist".
The charges made are false and malicious. in every particular.
I never in any case gave, ordered, or recommended As Written: recomended medicine. I never manipulated a patient in all my practice
The other statement I am charged with as saying Viz. "That a person can be as wicked as he chooses and be a Christian Scientist," I brand as false and malicious as the others.
You say you will not give the names of my accusersAs Written:accusors. Will you say if they belong to the Association hereEditorial Note: This is a reference not to the Christian Scientist Association composed of Mary Baker Eddy’s students, but to an association of Eddy’s students and other Christian Scientists in the greater Chicago area.- I think to be just to me, I should know that much. Will you please show this letter to Mrs Eddy, who has my gratitude for her good and kind expression and opinion, and I can assure her that her confidence has not been misplaced. Mrs Sherman and Miss Platt send love and best wishes.
Thanking you for your Fraternal and sisterly letter and good opinion.