Accession: L07833
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to Alfred Lang, August 22, 1892
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Recipient: Alfred Lang 
Date: August 22, 1892 - archivist estimate
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined paper from Concord, New Hampshire.
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My dear Student,

The First Church of Christ, as a title, is not allowed us by the CommitteeAs Written:Com. on Corporations in Boston.

I will not give my land to a name that sinners suggest, it must be the foundation of Christ's Church, and this church must first come in the hearts of men and then they are ready for it, not before. All that I have done or advised doing in the direction of organizing a church at this time, has been at the beck of lawyers and infants in Christian Science. Now I shall deed my land today , and to certain persons that I know to be seeking and finding Christ's church in their hearts, and let them use it for the benefit of Christian Science, for building thereon a church edifice in which to preach Christ, Truth, and to demonstrate love one for another .

I shall give a sound title or deed, and this way of donating my land is just as legal as to give it to a church that must organize.

God meant much when he moved me to recommend As Written: recomnead the disorganization of the Church in Boston, and this terrible meaning will be fulfilled.

With love to you and the other Trustees. Yours in Christ
MBG Eddy
L07833
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
My dear Student,

The First Church of Christ, as a title, is not allowed us by the Com.Expanded:Committee on Corporations in Boston.

I will not give my land to a name that sinners suggest, it must be the foundation of Christ's Church, and this church must first come in the hearts of men and then they are ready for it, not before. All that I have done or a [?] Unclear or illegible dvised doing in the direction of organizing a church at this time, has been at the beck of lawyers and infants in Christian Science. Now I shall deed my land today , and to certain persons that I know to be seeking and finding Christ's church in their hearts, and let them use ift for the benefit of Christian Science, for building thereon a church edifice in which to preach Christ, Truth, and to demonstrate love one for another .

I shall give a sound title or deed, and this way of donating my land is just as legal as to give it to a church that must organize.

God meant much when he allowedmoved me to recomnead Corrected: recommend the disorganization of the Church in Boston, and this terrible meaning will be fulfilled.

With love to you and the other Trustees. Yours in Christ
MBG Eddy
 
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