It pained me to decline as I did in my telegram to acquiesce. Your motive seems so noble I would delight to honor it. But here I beg to say, the ten CommandmentsEx 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, Ex 20:2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Ex 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Ex 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Ex 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Ex 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Ex 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ex 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: Ex 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: Ex 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Ex 20:12 ¶Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Ex 20:13 Thou shalt not kill. Ex 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. Ex 20:15 Thou shalt not steal. Ex 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Ex 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. and Christ's Sermon on the MountEditorial Note: The Sermon on the MountMatt 5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: Matt 5:2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, can be found in the Bible in the book of Matthew, chapters 5-7. have formed my ideals, and I always stop where they stop or I lose my way. Hence my nonresistant proclivity. Recognizing your talent, scholarship, ethics, and marked correctness in logic, I admire it. At this date it is needed just as a FoxEditorial Note: Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was born and died in London, United Kingdom. A British statesman, he held various parliamentary positions over 38 years at the end of the 18th and beginning of 19th centuries. Most of his political career as a Whig was spent in opposition to the Tory government. Fox was an anti-slavery advocate, and a supporter of the Americans during the American Revolutionary War, contrary to King George III's policies., PittEditorial Note: William Pitt (1759-1806) was born in Kent, United Kingdom, and died in London, United Kingdom. He was known as "the younger" to distinguish him from his father. Pitt was the British Prime Minister from 1783-1801, and again from 1804-1806. He entered British politics in his early twenties, and was a statesman during major political events including the American War of Independence, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. He was renowned for skills as an administrator, his honesty and commitment to his values., WashingtonEditorial Note: George Washington (1732-1799) was a Founding Father of the United States and its first president, serving from 1789 to 1797. He served as commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and is commonly known as the Father of the Nation for his role in bringing about American independence., WebsterEditorial Note: Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. secretary of state. Webster was one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over 200 cases before the United States Supreme Court., LincolnEditorial Note: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery. and a GarrisonEditorial Note: William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) was an abolitionist and co-founder, editor and publisher of the weekly anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator, to which he contributed essays and poems. He promoted women's rights within the abolitionist movement, a position that caused some controversy. He advocated for non-violent resistance. were in epochs revolutionary. But butAs Written:but the scripture "love thy enemiesMatt 5:43 ¶Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. Matt 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Matt 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matt 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? Matt 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Matt 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. " keeps me from eruptions that sometimes bury the good intent and the evil in one grave. Please accept my deep thanks for your keen sense of right and wrong.

Owing to its violation of truth and decency this growing invasion by the press of woman's secluded life will ultimate in contempt for noisy news and a relish for higher criticism.

Dear Mr. Keene pardonisnez moi for asking this favor. Will you return to me my first letterEditorial Note: See L09543 to you, and permit (after the manner of my pe [?] Unclear or illegible ncilling) a change in your bookEditorial Note: Keene had written a manuscript titled "Christian Science and Its Enemies." Eddy initially endorsed it after some excerpts were shared with her. However, after reading the full article she found that other parts were not in line with a Biblical view of how to treat one's enemies and asked that he tone down some of his attacks in the article.? If so the Christian Scientists will give it a big boom. The book now is so unlike our modus of meeting our enemies we cannot adopt it consistently. If your book is toned down as aforesaid then send me 1000 copies.