Accession: 662A.71.054
Editorial Title: Helen Densmore to Mary Baker Eddy, August 5, 1884
Author: Helen Densmore 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: August 5, 1884
Manuscript Description: Dictated letter from Helen Densmore to Mary Baker Eddy, typewritten on printed stationery of Dr. Helen Densmore and Dr. Harriet Warren, from New York, New York.
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Dictated. New YorkEditorial Note: New York, New York, August 5th. 1884.
My dear Mrs. Eddy: --

I have thought ever so much about you and our delightful interview a week ago Sunday, since I left you, and am only waiting for the sojourners out of the cityEditorial Note: Before the advent of air conditioning, residents of larger cities who could afford it, often left during the months of July and August to avoid the summer heat. to return, to commence my canvassing for a classEditorial Note: Helen Densmore apparently hoped to find potential students for Mary Baker Eddy to teach in New York, New York.. I try to do this with a firm faith that I will accomplish it, as I know I shall if it is in order to be done; if there be a place prepared, we shall find it. There must be a preparation, before the new gospelEditorial Note: Christian Science can be received.

I am studying “Science and HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.” all the spare time I can get and I get more just now than I shall have later, as so many of my patients are in the countryEditorial Note: Before the advent of air conditioning, residents of larger cities who could afford it, often left during the months of July and August to avoid the summer heat..

There are so many things that flow into my mind, rushing for expression, questions that I would ask, things that I would like to know from you, but I am holding it all in check for the time when I may be able to drink freely at the fountainRev 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. Rev 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. .

I have a particular friend in Boston seeking for her health, one who does not accept my gospel of health, but who is earnestly seeking for it in other directions. This is a person in whom I am greatly interested, and whom I would like very much to take a course of lessons of you.

I called at the College one day early in the summer to see you in regard to this same friend, but you were in ChicagoEditorial Note: Mary Baker Eddy taught a class in Chicago, Illinois in May 1884.. I had a conversation at that time with one of your students who was in charge during your absence, and asked him in regard to a reduction in price for this lady, who is not in easy pecuniary circumstances, but who could afford to pay something for a course. This gentleman thought that possibly As Written: possiblt the tuition might be reduced to $50Editorial Note: $50.00 in 1884 is the equivalent of $1,384.45 in 2017., but not lower than that, if anything was charged. I would be willing myself to do something toward this matter if she could arrange it with you on any such basis.

I have given her a note to you, and I feel sure that you will be drawn to her. I have told her to communicate with you as to the most convenient hour to call, and I presume you will hear from herEditorial Note: See 714B.86.027. before long.

I would like to have you write me the minimum number of pupils that you would come to New York to teach, as this would be an important factor in the problem.

Yours very truly,
Helen Densmore
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Dictated. New YorkEditorial Note: New York, New York, August 5th. 1884.
My dear Mrs. Eddy: --

I have thought ever so much about you and our delightful interview a week ago Sunday, since I left you, and am only waiting for the sojourners out of the cityEditorial Note: Before the advent of air conditioning, residents of larger cities who could afford it, often left during the months of July and August to avoid the summer heat. to return, to commence my canvassing for a classEditorial Note: Helen Densmore apparently hoped to find potential students for Mary Baker Eddy to teach in New York, New York.. I try to do this with a firm faith that I will accomplish it, as I know I shall if it is in order to be done; if there be a place prepared, we shall find it. There must be a preparation, before the new gospelEditorial Note: Christian Science can be received.

I am studying “Science and HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.” all the spare time I can get and I get more just now than I shall have later, as so many of my patients are in the countryEditorial Note: Before the advent of air conditioning, residents of larger cities who could afford it, often left during the months of July and August to avoid the summer heat..

There are so many things that flow into my mind, rushing for expression, questions that I would ask, things that I would like to know from you, but I am holding it all in check for the time when I may be able to drink freely at the fountainRev 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. Rev 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. .

I have a particular friend in Boston seeking for her health, one who does not accept my gospel of health, but who is earnestly seeking for it in other directions. This is a person in whom I am greatly interested, and whom I would like very much to take a course of lessons of you.

I called at the College one day early in the summer to see you in regard to this same friend, but you were in ChicagoEditorial Note: Mary Baker Eddy taught a class in Chicago, Illinois in May 1884.. I had a conversation at that time with one of your students who was in charge during your absence, and asked him in regard to a reduction in price for this lady, who is not in easy pecuniary circumstances, but who could afford to pay something for a course. This gentleman thought that possiblt Corrected: possibly the tuition might be reduced to $50Editorial Note: $50.00 in 1884 is the equivalent of $1,384.45 in 2017., but not lower than that, if anything was charged. I would be willing myself to do something toward this matter if she could arrange it with you on any such basis.

I have given her a note to you, and I feel sure that you will be drawn to her. I have told her to communicate with you as to the most convenient hour to call, and I presume you will hear from herEditorial Note: See 714B.86.027. before long.

I would like to have you write me the minimum number of pupils that you would come to New York to teach, as this would be an important factor in the problem.

Yours very truly,
Helen Densmore
 
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New York, New York Before the advent of air conditioning, residents of larger cities who could afford it, often left during the months of July and August to avoid the summer heat. Helen Densmore apparently hoped to find potential students for Mary Baker Eddy to teach in New York, New York. Christian Science Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Before the advent of air conditioning, residents of larger cities who could afford it, often left during the months of July and August to avoid the summer heat. Mary Baker Eddy taught a class in Chicago, Illinois in May 1884. $50.00 in 1884 is the equivalent of $1,384.45 in 2017. See 714B.86.027.