Accession: 639P3.65.033
Editorial Title: Unknown to Mary Baker Eddy, March 14, 1887
Author: Unknown 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: March 14, 1887
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by an unknown author on lined paper from an unknown location.
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639P3.65.033
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I thought yesterday as you read the As Written: thee Hymn Homeward boundEditorial Note: The words of the hymn “Homeward Bound” were written by William Fairfield Warren in 1853. when you came to the words steady As Written: steaddy o pilot stand firm at the As Written: thee wheel you are that pilot indeed and have stood firm at the As Written: thee wheel all these years piloting all who would as no other one has since Jesus himselfAs Written:him self taught them & how much you have done I do want to be As Written: bee one of the Sailors it is about 3 months since I first went to the sunday school it was one of your students Mrs Woodbury who explained the As Written: thee lesson As Written: leson it was light to me you do notAs Written:donot know what it was to me how much I shall always As Written: allways love you both then I bought one of your Books Science and HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy in that time it has done more for me than As Written: then words can tell people say to me do I think more of it than As Written: then I do of the Bible I tell them that I do for without it I should have never understood the As Written: thee new testament forgive me for taking the As Written: thee liberty of writing to you and for all mistakes I feel As Written: feal so grateful As Written: gratefull to you though so unworthy As Written: unwothey

639P3.65.033
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

I thought yesterday as you read thee Corrected: the Hymn Homeward boundEditorial Note: The words of the hymn “Homeward Bound” were written by William Fairfield Warren in 1853. when you came to the words steaddy Corrected: steady o pilot stand firm at thee Corrected: the wheel you are that pilot indeed and have stood firm at thee Corrected: the wheel all these years piloting all who would as no other one has since Jesus him selfCorrected:himself taught them & how much you have done I do want to bee Corrected: be one of the Sailors it is about 3 months since I first went to the sunday school it was one of your students Mrs Woodbury who explained thee Corrected: the leson Corrected: lesson it was light to me you donotCorrected:do not know what it was to me how much I shall allways Corrected: always love you both then I bought one of your s Books Science and HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy in that time it has done more for me then Corrected: than words can tell people say to me do I think more of it then Corrected: than I do of the Bible I tell them that I do for without it I should have never understood thee Corrected: the new testament forgive me for taking thee Corrected: the liberty of writing to you and for all mistakes I feal Corrected: feel so gratefull Corrected: grateful to you though so unwothey Corrected: unworthy

 
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The words of the hymn “Homeward Bound” were written by William Fairfield Warren in 1853. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy