Accession: V00978
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to William I. Gill, November 27, 1886
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Recipient: William I. Gill 
Date: November 27, 1886
Manuscript Description: Letterpress copy of a letter handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy from Boston, Massachusetts.
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Nov 27 1886
Rev. Wm I. Gill
My dear Student

Yours is human philosophy impelled by a sincere noble desire, all of which may be misguided.

Mine is Divine philosophy without a human taint that cannot be misguided You do not understand this philosophy fully, so far as you do you explain it well Other students of mine go beyond you in this understanding even as the child Jesus said was greatest in this kingdomMatt 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matt 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. because more receptive of Truths that human understanding had not reache[*]Gap: letter.Reason: faded ink. but the Divine Spirit had revealed

No student understands all I say or do, and never will on this plane for I shall grow faster than they even as interest accumulates faster in proportionAs Written:porportion to the principal

All this fills me with a strange sense of littleness on my part and the ineffable God

I have no human understanding or motives that influence me that I am not striving to destroy that I may let in more light

Lovingly
M B G Eddy

I regret exceedingly the mistake that has occurredAs Written:occured as to your advertiment of Philosophical RealismEditorial Note: William I Gill advertised his book, Philosophical Realism, on page 78 of the June 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal. and have explained it in a short Card for JournalEditorial Note: See Philosophcal Realism by Mary B. G. Eddy on page 211 of the December 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal.

May God bless you I pray, O for the sight given you of what is darkening you and that you could see my heart's desire to promote your happiness and success now and forever Eddy

Please read what I send to the pulpit just as it is worded, I always have a far off view that others do not see. Now it is not best that you answer questions publicly in Boston until you are clear on all the questions of Divine Science Teachers of science should be capable of infallibility so far as they go; learners should accept this fact and so receive the truth on their ipse dixitAs Written:ipsidixit and prove it true, then they understand it, not till then-

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Nov 27 1886
Rev. Wm I. Gill
My dear Student

Yours is human philosophy impelled by a sincere noble desire, all of which may be misguided.

Mine is Divine philosophy without a human taint that cannot be misguided You do not understand this philosophy fully, so far as you do you explain it well Other students of mine go beyond you in this understanding even as the child Jesus said was greatest in this kingdomMatt 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matt 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. because more receptive of Truths that human understanding had not reache[*]Gap: letter.Reason: faded ink. but the Divine Spirit had revealed

No student understands all I say or do, and never will on this plane for I shall grow faster than they even as interest accumulates [?] Unclear or illegible  faster in porportionCorrected:proportion to its the principal

All this fills me with a strange sense of littleness on my part and the ineffable God

I have no human understanding or motives tohat influence me only such as that I am not striving to destroy that I may let in more light

Lovingly
M B G Eddy

I regret exceedingly the mistake that has occuredCorrected:occurred ias to your advertiment of Philosophical RealismEditorial Note: William I Gill advertised his book, Philosophical Realism, on page 78 of the June 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal. and have explained it in a short Card for JournalEditorial Note: See Philosophcal Realism by Mary B. G. Eddy on page 211 of the December 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal.

May God bless you I pray, O for the sight given you of what is darkening you and that you could see my heart's desire to promote your happiness and success [?] Unclear or illegible  now and forever Eddy

Please read what I send to the pulpit just as it is worded, I always have a far off view that others do not see. Now it is not best that you answer questions publicly in Boston until you are clear on all the questions of Divine Science Teachers of science should be capable of infallibility so far as they go; learners should accept this fact and so receive the truth on their ipsidixitCorrected:ipse dixit and prove it true, then they understand it, not till then-

 
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William I Gill advertised his book, Philosophical Realism, on page 78 of the June 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal. See Philosophcal Realism by Mary B. G. Eddy on page 211 of the December 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal.