Accession: A10926
Editorial Title: Notes by Mary Baker Eddy, Date Unknown
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: date unknown
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined paper.
Archival Note: Many of the Biblical references in the first paragraph of this document are found in Revelation chapter 12, and those in the second paragraph in Revelation chapters 17 and 18.
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Apocalyptic As Written: Apocalypic Woman

The woman whereof St John prophesied in the Apocalypse and depicted is the type of a fair fresh promise crowned with stars a beaconAs Written:becon form of hope [*]Editorial Note: Text to insert is indicated by a large 'X'. of faith's fruition of the living light in all ages The reward of battle comes not in the conflict[*]Editorial Note: Circled punctuation.. Neither do the struggles with persecution human ignorance envy and hate that mark the a woman's brow bl[*]Editorial Note: Unclear erasure, possibly 'each.'ed to see almond blossom hoary with years washed with in tears or bathed in blood amidst the strife – depict the woman named in the Apocalypse Does not the modern artists with pencil brush or chisel portray a woman crowned with youth brow sparkling with stars feet treading upon the dragon who has subdued the earth – as the woman vividlyAs Written:vividley delineated As Written: deliniated in the Revelators vision? Yes, for such was in St John's concept and such is Jesus' type and such it will be seen after the fulfillment of many days

Today our forms and identifications are but types and shadows of the individual substance and soul of man or woman I never taught or thought that I was the Woman referred to in the dim distance of St Johns period nor that the Babylonish woman can be identified or individualized in our time I have rebuked such a thought and writtenAs Written:writen of this woman not as an individual but as lust

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Apocalypic Corrected: Apocalyptic Woman

The woman whereof St John has prophesied in the Apocalypse and depicted by him is the type of a fair fresh promise crowned with stars a beconCorrected:beacon form of hope the [*]Editorial Note: Text to insert is indicated by a large 'X'.the of faith's fruition of the living light in all ages the moon And [?] Unclear or illegible  The reward of battle the comes not almond blossom in the conflict[*]Editorial Note: Circled punctuation.. Neither do crown of strugglesthe struggles and thewith [?] Unclear or illegible  toil and persecution and human ignorance envy and hate that sits that mark the crown of a woman's brow bl[*]Editorial Note: Unclear erasure, possibly 'each.'ed to see almond blossom hoary with years and and washed with in tears or and bathed in blood amidst the strife – depict the woman named in the Apocalypse Does not not the the modern artists with with pencil brush or chisel portray a [?] Unclear or illegible  woman crowned with youth whose brow sparkling with stars whose feet treading upon the dragon and have who has subdued the earth – as the woman in the Revelators vision of so vividleyCorrected:vividly deliniated Corrected: delineated in the Revelators vision? Yes, for such such was in St John's his conception and such it is in Jesus' type and such [?] Unclear or illegible  it will be be seen after in the fulfillment of many days

Today our forms and identifications are but types and shadows of the the individual substance and soul of man or woman I never taught or thought that I was the Woman referred to in the dim distance of St Johns period nor that that or that the Babylonish woman has come to be is can be identified or individualized in our time I have rebuked such a thought and writenCorrected:written of this woman not as an individual but as lust

 
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