Accession: 639P3.65.034
Editorial Title: Alfred Lang to Mary Baker Eddy, December 24, 1886
Author: Alfred Lang 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: December 24, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Alfred Lang on unlined paper from Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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According to province I called a meeting of your students in Lawrence, except Mrs HornWilliams and Mr North, All – were present except Mrs Brown whom As Written: whome I could not find, though think she is all right, she having withdrawn from Mr G class after the first lesson and applied to Susie to allow her to enter her next class, gratuitously of course As Written: cours . At our meeting I discovered a little of the error but not more than I expected, I expressed my thoughts from the standpointAs Written:stand point of the Rock cleft for usEx 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: all, of which the Prophet spake, "Behold I lay in zion for a foundation" & CIsa 28:16 ¶Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. , — And again by the MasterEditorial Note: Jesus Christ, "Upon this Rock I build My Church"Matt 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. and tried to show them There was no other way givenActs 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. , whereby we could grow in grace an a knowledge of the TruthII Pet 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. That if we attempt to climb up any other wayJohn 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. , we only fall lower, They all accorded with what I said, I then presented this paper. herewith enclosedEditorial Note: See 294.42.010., and asked them if they would subscribe to it, they appeared only too As Written: to glad to do so, I send it to you as an evidence of our loyalty, to the Cause of Truth, and Love. —

639P3.65.034
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

According to province I called a meeting of your students in Lawrence, except Mrs HornWilliams and Mr North,a All – were present except Mrs Brown whome Corrected: whom I could not find, though think she is all right, she having withdrawn from Mr G class after the first lesson and applied to Susie to allow her to enter her next class, gratuitously of cours Corrected: course . At our meeting I discovered a little of the error but not more than I expected, I expressed my thoughts fromfrom the stand pointCorrected:standpoint of the Rock cleft for usEx 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: all, of which the Prop [?] Unclear or illegible het spake, "Behold I lay in zion for a foundation" & CIsa 28:16 ¶Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. , — And again by the MasterEditorial Note: Jesus Christ, "Upon this Rock I build My Church"Matt 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. and tried to show them There was no other way givenActs 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. , whereby we could grow in grace an a knowledge of the TruthII Pet 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. That if we attempt to climb up any other wayJohn 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. , we only fall lower, They all accorded with what I said, I then presented this paper. herewith enclosedEditorial Note: See 294.42.010., and asked them if they would subscri [?] Unclear or illegible be to it, they appeared only to Corrected: too glad to do so, I send it to you as an evidence of our loyalty, to the Cause of Truth, and Love. —

 
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