Accession: 342.47.014
Editorial Title: M. Augusta De Forrest Brown to Mary Baker Eddy, January 7, 1887
Author: M. Augusta De Forrest Brown 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: January 7, 1887
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by M. Augusta De Forrest Brown on unlined paper from New York, New York.
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My Dear Teacher

In my last two lettersEditorial Note: See 342.47.013. I tried to answer you Truthfully and with charity But I am forced to retract my answer and say, that what I tried to believe was from ignorance large imagination and pretend love As Written: loove for Christian Science, I am forced to believe is pure premeditated treachery while I thought she confined herself to her exaggerated As Written: exagerated games and wonderful cures and her criticisms of the rest of us, I could at least have some charity and let the games go in one ear, and out the other, But when she tells what she know to be worse than utter falsehood, I cannot longer try to defend her, She was not satisfied to call Mrs L a mind cure and me a pantheist, But she has circulated the report that I killed one of her patients, The facts are these, She brought a lady from ReadingEditorial Note: Reading, New York to see me who was in belief very As Written: vey low in Consumption As Written: Consuption of the bowels, she urged me to take her, But I positively refused saying "If you cannot cure her in all these months what can I expect to do. I positively refused the case, she then went to Edward Bailey, but for some reason he did not take the case, a month after that her sister brought me a note from Mrs Stetson– asking me to take charge of her while she was in the CountryAs Written:Contry, I told her I could not leave my office long enough to go to Reading, the next day the lady came to me, I need not tell you her condition She said she could not come again, she wrote me the next day, saying she was more comfortable and perfectly serene, in mind, a few days after I was sent for in haste As Written: hast to see her, She was beautiful in Spirit, and passed on, I think the next day, Mrs S says As Written: sais she was almost healed, Then why did she send her to me, The family said she knew She could do no more and sent her to me, to avoid having her die on her hands, I understood that perfectly, and did not blame her, for I knew she did all she knew how to do to save the woman, and if she had let it rest there There would have been nothing to blame her for. One would have thought she would have been satisfied to have shirked As Written: sherked it off onto me, without trying to make others think that I was responsible for her death. If she had said this in BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts I might think she did it in defense As Written: defence of herself but here she has said it in reply to persons who have merely said they had met me, and liked me, These are her words "She killed one patient for me" Her whole conduct here has been underhanded I need not trouble you with the little subterfuges she practices, But can anything she might say or do now restore the love of a sister in Truth, or cause me to have one particle of respect for her word.

For a whole week I have been trying to think it was my duty to keep this to myself or from you, but I mislead you when I do not contradict my last letters,

I shall shut it out and I shall never mention her name one way or another, hope I shall never think of her again, I know you have enough to contend with, and my As Written: ny dear Teacher I do regret As Written: regrert having to write this and if you think I am wrong in doing so, tell me, I shall thank you for it

The work is going steadily on and from the class of people who are investigating it, I will surely tell My Dear Teacher do not let what I tell you trouble you and if I do wrong I know you will forgive me and rebuke if you think best

With Love
Mrs Brown
342.47.014
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
My Dear Teacher

In my last two lettersEditorial Note: See 342.47.013. I tried to answer you Truthfully and with charity But I am forced to retract my answer and say, that what I tried to believe was from ignorance large imagination and pretend loove Corrected: love for Christian Science, I am forced to believe is pure premeditated treachery while I thought she confined herself to her exagerated Corrected: exaggerated games and wonderful cures and her critiscisms of the rest of us, I could at least have some charity and let the [?] Unclear or illegible  games go in one ear, and out the other, But when she tells what she know to be worse than utter falsehood, I cannot longer try to defend her, She was not satisfied to call Mrs L a mind cure and me a pantheist, But she has circulated the report that I killed one of her patients, The facts are these, She brought a lady fr [?] Unclear or illegible om ReadingEditorial Note: Reading, New York to see me who was in belief vey Corrected: very low in Consuption Corrected: Consumption of the bowels, she urged me to take her, [?] Unclear or illegible  But I positively irefused saying "If you cannot cure her in all these months what can I expect to do. I positively refused the case, she then went to Edward Bailey, but for some reason he did not take the case, a month after that her sister brought me a note from Mrs Stetson– asking me to take charge of her while she was in the ContryCorrected:Country, I told her I could not leave my office long enough to go to Reading, the next day the lady came to me, I need not tell you her condition She said she could not come again, she wriote me the next day, saying she was more comfortable and perfectly serene, in mind, a few days after I was sent for in hast Corrected: haste to see her, She was beautiful in Spirit, and passed on, I think the next day, Mrs S sais Corrected: says she was almost healed, Then why did she send her to me, The family said she knew She could do no more and sent her to me, to avoid having her die on her hands, I understood that perfectly, and did not blame her, for I knew she did all she knew how to do to save the woman, and if she had let it rest there There would have been nothing to blame her for. One would have thought she would have been satisfied to have sherked Corrected: shirked it off onto me, without trying to make others think that I was responsible for her death. If she had said this in BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts I might think she did it in defence Corrected: defense of herself but here she has said it in reply to persons who have merely said they had me [?] Unclear or illegible t me, and liked me, These are her words "She killed one patient for me" Her whole conduct here has been underhanded I need not trouble you with the little subterfuges she practices, But can anything she might say or do now restore the love of a sister in Truth, or cause me to have one particle of respect for her word.

[?] Unclear or illegible  For a whole week I have been trying to think it was my duty to keep this to myself or from you, but I mislead you when I do not contradict my last letters,

I shall shut it out and I shall never mention her name one way or another, hope I shall never think of her again, I know you have enough to contend with, and ny Corrected: my dear Teacher I do regrert Corrected: regret having to write this and if you think it I am wrong in doing so, tell me, I shall thank you for it

The work is going steadily on and from the class of people who are investigating it, it I will surely tell My Dear Teacher do not let what I tell you trouble you and if I do wrong I know you will forgive me and rebuke if you think best

With Love
Mrs Brown
 
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