Mother has just recieved Corrected: received a postal from Miss Draper. for Mother and I to be sure and be at Church next sunday afternoon to join the Church. Probably Mother will come. but Dear Mrs Eddy you must excuse me as I shall not join the Church. I should be committing a greater sin to join than not to. When members blelong to a Church they [?] Unclear or illegible  generally unite to be as one and love one another and treat them decent [?] Unclear or illegible  ly. but you are not aware that Mrs Choate dont Corrected: don't recognize and despises me and has brought her little Warren up to dislike me and he wont Corrected: won't speak. for what I know not I have tried to do right and never should have told you this but I could have no other excuse. And I could not be guilty of being a member when at swords point with another.

Also Mrs Choate does not tell the truth about her healing She told of a Gentleman in Boston that had the pheumonia Corrected: pneumonia the same as father did and she told [?] Unclear or illegible  how sick he was and how soon she got him out she gave the mans Corrected: man's name and where he lived, and there were two of the Church members went and saw the Gentleman [?] Unclear or illegible named and he had not been sick [?] Unclear or illegible nor she had never treated him. she had doctored in his family but not for that.

Now please dont Corrected: don't ask [?] Unclear or illegible me to be a member for I have made up my never to join another as long as I live I can try and do just as near right and will sing for you or aything Corrected: anything I can do to please you with pleasure.