Letter: Mary Baker Eddy to Ellen Brown Linscott, October
20, 1884 (L12980)Click link to view "Letter: Mary Baker Eddy to Ellen Brown Linscott, October
20, 1884 "
Eddy outlines the requirements for someone to teach
Christian Science.
Letter: Mary Baker Eddy to George B. Wickersham, March
26, 1886 (L07909)Click link to view "Letter: Mary Baker Eddy to George B. Wickersham, March
26, 1886"
Eddy writes of the challenges of students taught by false
Christian Science teachers.
Certificate: Mary Baker Eddy to Edward H. Hammond, April
2, 1885 (L09533)Click link to view "Certificate: Mary Baker Eddy to Edward H. Hammond, April
2, 1885"
This certificate offers official documentation for
students to show others that they had been taught by Eddy and were
practicing genuine Christian Science.
Letter: Mary Baker Eddy to Edward H. Hammond, May 11,
1886 (L04553)Click link to view "Letter: Mary Baker Eddy to Edward H. Hammond, May 11,
1886"
Eddy writes of a particularly promising Normal class she
just taught.
Letter: Mary Baker Eddy to Minnie B. Hall De Soto,
September 1886 (L05499)Click link to view "Letter: Mary Baker Eddy to Minnie B. Hall De Soto,
September 1886"
Eddy explains that at present she is the only one able to
teach a Normal class, but that she will take her students' students into
her Normal class if she feels that they are ready.
Letter: Margaretta E. Beaton to Mary Baker Eddy, October
25, 1886 (643A.66.025)Click link to view "Letter: Margaretta E. Beaton to Mary Baker Eddy, October
25, 1886"
Beaton's letter reveals some of the confusion around
finding a legitimate teacher of Christian Science.
Letter: Dora F. Noxon to Mary Baker Eddy, November 14,
1886 (698P2.81.005)Click link to view "Letter: Dora F. Noxon to Mary Baker Eddy, November 14,
1886"
Noxon writes asking to join Eddy's Normal class, even
though she has been practicing for less than a year. She feels she has
the necessary experience and desire to be able to teach others.
Letter: Edmund Russell Hardy to Mary Baker Eddy, December
22, 1886 (134.23.002)Click link to view "Letter: Edmund Russell Hardy to Mary Baker Eddy, December
22, 1886"
Hardy's letter to Eddy shows the challenges some students
faced in finding someone to teach them genuine Christian Science.
Letter: Jennie B. Fenn to Mary Baker Eddy, December 23,
1886 (277.41.016)Click link to view "Letter: Jennie B. Fenn to Mary Baker Eddy, December 23,
1886"
Fenn writes to Eddy of trying to impress upon her students
that they should go to Eddy for the Normal class before endeavoring to
teach Christian Science to others.
Letter: Ursula N. Gestefeld to Mary Baker Eddy, December
27, 1886 (544.57.012)Click link to view "Letter: Ursula N. Gestefeld to Mary Baker Eddy, December
27, 1886"
Gestefeld suggests the idea of Christian Science lectures,
which will support the work of Christian Science practitioners and
teachers in the locations where they travel.