Accession: L02377
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to Carol Norton, September 26, 1896
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Recipient: Carol Norton 
Date: September 26, 1896
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined Pleasant View stationery from Concord, New Hampshire.
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L02377
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
My dear friend, and student,

Your kind communicationEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. receivedAs Written:rec'd Your charming success is most cheering Yes all succeed who do as I direct. But few however do this in spirit but only in the letter My infinite work has had to be done by me so far as it was done in spirit, in Truth. Think dear one, of what your pastor Science and HealthEditorial Note: On December 19, 1894, Mary Baker Eddy ordained the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy as the Pastor of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. On January 20, 1895, readings from the Bible and Science and Health replaced personal sermons, and Readers replace preachers in The Mother Church services. is doing I am having calls from over all this planet asking my permission to translate this bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. How deeply I wish that my students would help me as yours do and should help you. But instead they most of the leaders have blocked my way and blurred our causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science. in their strife to "be greatestMatt 20:20 ¶Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. Matt 20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. Matt 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. Matt 20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. Matt 20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. Matt 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. Matt 20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; Matt 20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Matt 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Mark 10:35 ¶And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. Mark 10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? Mark 10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. Mark 10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? Mark 10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: Mark 10:40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. Mark 10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. Mark 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. Mark 10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: Mark 10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. Mark 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. ." You will be astounded at the last, after Woodburys diabolical deed committed As Written: commited by one that I have put up to a dizzy height of popularity

N. B. Now dear child you are obedient and I ask that you carry out Mrs Stetsons obedience for her, namely, Drop from use my copyrighted book mark on Science and HealthEditorial Note: Probably the Cross and Crown emblem. Eddy first used a cross and crown encircled with text on the cover of the third edition of Science and Health, issued in 1881.. I drew that with a pencil for the man who moulded it for me I have repeatedly told Mrs Stetson not to use it. Now in the name of God I bid her not to dedicate your ChurchEditorial Note: First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York. with the sign in her public notices of that sacred seal. And never more to use it

With love mother
M B Eddy
L02377
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
My dear friend, and student,

Your kind communicationEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. rec'dExpanded:received Your charming success is most cheering Ye [?] Unclear or illegible s all succeed who do as I direct. But few however do this in spirit andbut only in the letter My infinite work has had to be done by me so far as it was done in spirit, in Truth. [?] Unclear or illegible Think dear one, of what your pastor Science and HealthEditorial Note: On December 19, 1894, Mary Baker Eddy ordained the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy as the Pastor of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. On January 20, 1895, readings from the Bible and Science and Health replaced personal sermons, and Readers replace preachers in The Mother Church services. is doing I am having calls from over all this planet [?] Unclear or illegible asking my permission to translate this bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. How deeply I wish that my students [?] Unclear or illegible  would help me as yours do and should help you. But instead they most of the leaders have blocked my way and blurred our causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science. in their strife to "be greatestMatt 20:20 ¶Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. Matt 20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. Matt 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. Matt 20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. Matt 20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. Matt 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. Matt 20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; Matt 20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Matt 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Mark 10:35 ¶And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. Mark 10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? Mark 10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. Mark 10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? Mark 10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: Mark 10:40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. Mark 10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. Mark 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. Mark 10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: Mark 10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. Mark 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. ." You will be astounded at the last, after Woodburys diabolical theft deed commited Corrected: committed by one that I have put up to a dizzy height of popularity

N. B. Now dear child you are obedient and I ask that you carry out Mrs Stetsons obedience for her, namely, Drop from use my copyrighted book mark on Science and HealthEditorial Note: Probably the Cross and Crown emblem. Eddy first used a cross and crown encircled with text on the cover of the third edition of Science and Health, issued in 1881.. I drew that with a pencil for the man who moulded it for me I have repeatedly told Mrs Stetson not to use it. Now in the name of God I bid her not to dedicate your ChurchEditorial Note: First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York. with the sign in her public notices of that sacred seal. And never more to use it

With love mother
M B Eddy
 
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This letter is not extant. On December 19, 1894, Mary Baker Eddy ordained the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy as the Pastor of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. On January 20, 1895, readings from the Bible and Science and Health replaced personal sermons, and Readers replace preachers in The Mother Church services. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy The cause of Christian Science. Probably the Cross and Crown emblem. Eddy first used a cross and crown encircled with text on the cover of the third edition of Science and Health, issued in 1881. First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York.