Accession: 382.50.037
Editorial Title: Eldridge J. Smith to Mary Baker Eddy, January 6, 1884
Author: Eldridge J. Smith 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye 
Date: January 6, 1884
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Eldridge J. Smith on unlined paper from Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.
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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeAnsweredAs Written:Ans. Jan 9
⇉ Handshift:Eldridge J. SmithWilliamsport Pa
Jany 6. 1884.
Dear Teacher

How well we learn that beautiful truth which will bring the condition of harmony on earth, even as it is in heavenMatt 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. , that the only real and true relationship is that based on spirit - recognition of samenessAs Written:same ness or oneness- This is learned as we advance in ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science. When this is learned, then heaven is withenLuke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. .

I received your letterEditorial Note: See L02060. todayAs Written:to day which made me glad - It had been so long since I had heard from you.

I wanted to hear of you - wanted to know if the New Year had opened to you auspiciously as I wished in blessing and all prospering for you and the beautiful childEditorial Note: Christian Science you do love and labor for.

"When can I come"? You ask me. I hope it may not now be very long. I am advertising As Written: advertizing my business here for sale and am now negotiating with certain parties. Soon as this is settled, then I am ready for work

These words are ringing in my ears - "Arise and ShineIsa 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. " - I hear them EverywhereAs Written:Every where – on the street in my office, amid the din of the factory – —arise and shine—

And then, do I not remember my dream - was it a dream? was it not rather a revealment of what is to be?

I ask myselfAs Written:my self– Can it be that I - to whom has been demonstrated the fact that Spirit controls matter - that the body is subject to it – that I can ever be satisfied with seeking after the dross of this world which is an abomination before Good? No. No. It cannot be.

The science you teach we find as a rough diamond in the Bible - You are cutting and polishing it up. The world, yea, the Christian world - regard the jewel as would the uncouth inhabitants of the Fiji As Written: fijji islands a wealth of art and beauty.

Do they not "have the form of Godliness and deny the power thereofII Tim 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. "?

You teach and demonstrate that the [?] Unclear or illegible  of the Bible are for us as well as that enjoyed by the Jews Eighteen hundred years agone

My dear wife is more and more anxious that I enter into the work so congenial to my Spirit- She often speaks of you- the other day - after reading a long time in your bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy- said: - I have a deep reverence for the Author of this book"

I must close this letter in regretting that you should have so little time for yourselfAs Written:your self. Do you not think you should have seasons of silence - when you could by ascending As Written: assending the mountain of quiet gain thereby As Written: thireby refreshment of spirit?

Remember As Written: Rember me as always one with you in Spirit of Love and Truth-
E J Smith.

I enclose two scraps for the Journal if you [?] Unclear or illegible  them. E

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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeAns.Expanded:Answered Jan 13 9
⇉ Handshift:Eldridge J. SmithWilliamsport Pa
Jany 6. 1884.
Dear Teacher

How well we learn that beautiful truth which will bring the condition of harmony on earth, even as it is in heavenMatt 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. , that the only real and true relationship is that based on spirit - recognition of same nessCorrected:sameness or oneness- This is learned as we advance in ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science. When this is learned, then heaven is withenLuke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. .

I received your letterEditorial Note: See L02060. to dayCorrected:today which made me glad - It had been so long since I had heard from you.

I wanted to hear of you - wanted to know if the New Year had opened to you auspiciously as I wished in blessing and all prospering for you and the beautiful childEditorial Note: Christian Science you do love and labor for.

"When can I come"? You ask me. I hope it may not now be very long. I am advertizing Corrected: advertising my business here for sale and am now negotiating with certain parties. Soon as this is settled, then I am ready for work

These words are ringing in my ears - "Arise and ShineIsa 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. " - I hear them Every whereCorrected:Everywhere – on the street in my office, amid the din of the factory – —arise and shine—

And then, do I not remember my dream - was it a dream? was it not rather a revealment of what is to be?

I ask my selfCorrected:myself– Can it be that I - to whom has been demonstrated the fact that Spirit controls matter - that the body is subject to it – that I [?] Unclear or illegible  can ever be satisfied with seeking after the dross of this world which is an abomination before Good? No. No. It cannot be.

The science you teach we find as a rough diamond in the Bible - You are cutting and polishing it up. The world, yea, the Christian world - regard the jewel as would the uncouth inhabitants of the fijji Corrected: Fiji islands a wealth of art and beauty.

Do they not "have the form of Godliness and deny the power thereofII Tim 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. "?

You teach and demonstrate that the [?] Unclear or illegible  of the Bible are for us as well as that enjoyed by the Jews Eighteen hundred years agone

My dear wife is more and more anxious that I enter into the work so congenial to my Spirit- She often speaks of you- the other day - after reading a long time in your bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy- said: - I have a deep reverence for the Author of this book"

I must close this letter in regretting that you should have so little time for your selfCorrected:yourself. Do you not think you should have seasons of silence - when you could by assending Corrected: ascending the mountain of quiet gain thireby Corrected: thereby refreshment of spirit?

Rember Corrected: Remember me as always one with you in Spirit of Love and Truth-
E J Smith.

I enclose two scraps for the Journal if you [?] Unclear or illegible  them. E

 
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