Accession: L08840
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to Albert Metcalf, April 14, 1898
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Recipient: Albert Metcalf 
Date: April 14, 1898
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined Pleasant View stationery from Concord, New Hampshire.
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Concord. N.H. April 14. 98.
My dear Mr. Metcalf, Christian Scientist,

I highly approve of your note to President McKinleyEditorial Note: William McKinley– "words fitly spokenProv 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. ." The substance of it all is nothing to war over, much to regret. I had already written to Mrs McKinleyEditorial Note: See L14046 for Eddy's letter to Ida Saxton McKinley and have received As Written: recieved an answerEditorial Note: See 692B.80.029. I am astonished at the attitude of Congress! Our Senator Chandler is a bristling man at best and GalligerEditorial Note: Jacob H. Gallinger (1837-1918) was a homeopathic doctor who was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1872 and 1873 and then to the New Hampshire Senate in 1878. He served as surgeon general of New Hampshire from 1879 to 1880. In 1884 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving until 1889. He finished his career as a United States senator representing New Hampshire from 1891 until his death in 1918. seems obtuse on this question of war. Our nation never did so blindly before meddle with Spanish America. In my letter I said no greater glory could crown our nation than to rebuke and forgive so foul a crime as the destruction of the Maine and the loss of her gallant peaceable crew–Editorial Note: The U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana harbor, Cuba, on February 15, 1898, destroying the ship and killing most of the crew. At the time, many Americans believed that the ship was destroyed by a Spanish mine. More recent research suggests that it may have been an accident, involving a fire in a coal bunker on the ship. Although the cause has not been definitively identified, the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine was a catalyst for the Spanish American War, which began in April 1898. I desire that you will hand the enclosedEditorial Note: See L02853. to the students, Board of Directors. I revere the attitude of Prest'sEditorial Note: William McKinley message but you know he cannot act as he would unless he is stronger armed, or takes the law into his hands.

With love
Mary Baker Eddy

Please accept my deep thanks for the noble act of the First Members of the Mother chuch of whom I have the pleasure to say you and Mrs Metcalf form a part, as to my Roslindale estate

Again lovingly

M B Eddy

Please read the enclosed letterEditorial Note: See L02853. M B E

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Concord. N.H. April 14. 98.
My dear Mr. Metcalf, Christian Scientist,

I highly approve of your note to President McKinleyEditorial Note: William McKinley– "words fitly spokenProv 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. ." The substance of it all is nothing to war over, much to regret. I had already written to Mrs McKinleyEditorial Note: See L14046 for Eddy's letter to Ida Saxton McKinley and have recieved Corrected: received an answerEditorial Note: See 692B.80.029. I am astonished at the attitude of Congress! Our Senator Chandler is a bristling man at best and GalligerEditorial Note: Jacob H. Gallinger (1837-1918) was a homeopathic doctor who was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1872 and 1873 and then to the New Hampshire Senate in 1878. He served as surgeon general of New Hampshire from 1879 to 1880. In 1884 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving until 1889. He finished his career as a United States senator representing New Hampshire from 1891 until his death in 1918. seems obtuse on this question of war. Our nation never did so blindly before meddle with Spanish America. In my letter I said no greater glory could crown our nation than to rebuke and forgive so foul a crime as the destruction of the Maine and the loss of her gallant peaceable crew–Editorial Note: The U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana harbor, Cuba, on February 15, 1898, destroying the ship and killing most of the crew. At the time, many Americans believed that the ship was destroyed by a Spanish mine. More recent research suggests that it may have been an accident, involving a fire in a coal bunker on the ship. Although the cause has not been definitively identified, the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine was a catalyst for the Spanish American War, which began in April 1898. I desire that you will hand the enclosedEditorial Note: See L02853. to the students, Board of Directors. I revere the attitude of Prest'sEditorial Note: William McKinley message but you know he cannot act as he would unless he is stronger armed, or takes the law into his hands.

With love
Mary Baker Eddy

Please accept my deep thanks for forAs Written:for the noble act of the First Members of the Mother chuch of whom I have the pleasure to toAs Written:to say you and Mrs Metcalf form a part, as to my Roslindale estate

Again lovingly

M B Eddy

Please read the enclosed letterEditorial Note: See L02853. M B E

 
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William McKinley See L14046 for Eddy's letter to Ida Saxton McKinley See 692B.80.029. Jacob H. Gallinger (1837-1918) was a homeopathic doctor who was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1872 and 1873 and then to the New Hampshire Senate in 1878. He served as surgeon general of New Hampshire from 1879 to 1880. In 1884 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving until 1889. He finished his career as a United States senator representing New Hampshire from 1891 until his death in 1918. The U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana harbor, Cuba, on February 15, 1898, destroying the ship and killing most of the crew. At the time, many Americans believed that the ship was destroyed by a Spanish mine. More recent research suggests that it may have been an accident, involving a fire in a coal bunker on the ship. Although the cause has not been definitively identified, the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine was a catalyst for the Spanish American War, which began in April 1898. See L02853. William McKinley See L02853.