Accession: 725B.90.033
Editorial Title: L. Jay Winton to Mary Baker Eddy, June 13, 1886
Author: L. Jay Winton 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: June 13, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by L. Jay Winton on unlined paper from St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Saint Joseph MissouriAs Written:Mo-
June 13 th As Written: h /1886As Written:86–
My dear Mrs. Eddy,

I thank you very much for your kind letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. of the 10 th As Written: h which is this moment received As Written: recieved –

I can understand from a careful reading of "Science & Health"Editorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy how it would be very hard for you to bring many up to your standard of understanding and strength spiritually– I would be very glad to join your next class- in fact it seems to me at times while reading the scienceEditorial Note: Christian Science that I must go to you immediately- that nothing can hold me from it– but I really cannot afford to do so just now I fear- still I shall hope on until the very last moment- and hope I shall be able to wait- I have "learned to labor but not to wait"Editorial Note: Derived from a line in the last stanza of A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow’s line is “Learn to labor and to wait.” very well– In the meantime As Written: mean time I think I shall slack my thirst as well as I can by going to Miss I. A. Beecher at GalesburgEditorial Note: Galesburg, Illinois– who I believe is one of your bright scholarsAs Written:schollars- and having from her all I can of this wonderful scienceEditorial Note: Christian Science– perhaps that As Written: hat will help me wait until money is plentier― but I long every day to see & hear from its fountainhead As Written: fountain head all the mighty wonder!

Thanking you again for your kind letter & crying blessings upon you always– I am

Sincerely yours
L. Jay Winton–

CornerAs Written:Cor. 7 th As Written: h & Francis–

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Saint Joseph Mo-Expanded:Missouri
June 13 h Corrected: th /86Expanded:1886–
My dear Mrs. Eddy,

I thank you very much for your kind letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. of the 10 h Corrected: th which is this moment recieved Corrected: received –

I can understand from a careful reading of "Science & Health"Editorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy how it would be very hard for you to bring many up to your standard of understanding and strength spiritually– I would be very glad to join your next class- in fact it seems to me at times while reading the scienceEditorial Note: Christian Science that I must go to you immediately- that nothing can hold me from it– but I really cannot afford to do so just now I fear- still I shall hope on until the very last moment- and hope I shall be able to wait- I have "learned to labor but not to wait"Editorial Note: Derived from a line in the last stanza of A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow’s line is “Learn to labor and to wait.” very well– In the mean time Corrected: meantime I think I shall slack my thirst as well as I can by going to Miss I. A. Beecher at GalesburgEditorial Note: Galesburg, Illinois– who I believe is one of your bright schollarsCorrected:scholars- and having from her all I can of this wonderful scienceEditorial Note: Christian Science– perhaps hat Corrected: that will help me wait until money is plentyier― but I long every day to see & hear from its fountain head Corrected: fountainhead all the mighty wonder!

Thanking you again for your kind letter & crying blessings upon you always– I am

Sincerely yours
L. Jay Winton–

Cor.Expanded:Corner 7 h Corrected: th & Francis–

 
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This letter is not extant. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Christian Science Derived from a line in the last stanza of A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow’s line is “Learn to labor and to wait.” Galesburg, Illinois Christian Science