P00440Gilbert C. Carpenter (1869-1959) was born and died in Providence, Rhode Island. He married Minnie C. Carpenter (b. Chamberlain) in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1893. Carpenter was healed through Christian Science of a long-standing illness in 1894 in Providence. The Carpenters were members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Providence, Rhode Island, where he served as First Reader. They joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 4, 1896. Their son, Gilbert C. (Gilbert Congdon) Carpenter Jr. (1896-1952), would later do so on May 31, 1918.
In 1902, Carpenter served as the Chairman of the Building Committee of The Mother Church Extension at the request of Mary Baker Eddy. He served as a secretary in Eddy's Pleasant View home in Concord, New Hampshire, from April 1905 to April 1906, and Minnie Carpenter joined him there for a week, serving as Eddy's maid. Carpenter was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner in Providence, from 1900 to 1911.
In 1933 and 1934, Carpenter and his son self-published and distributed compilations of writings attributed to Eddy, including Notes on the Divinity Course Given by Mary Baker Eddy and Mary Baker Eddy: Her Spiritual Footsteps. They established the Carpenter Foundation, with the mission of preserving material by and about Eddy. After their deaths, publication was continued by their friend and colleague Richard Oakes, in breach of the agreement they had in place. A lawsuit brought against Oakes on behalf of the Foundation ultimately led to depletion of funds, and the transfer of the print materials to The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Some of the statements ascribed to Eddy and published by the Carpenters were found to be inaccurate or inauthentic.
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P00440Gilbert C. Carpenter (1869-1959) was born and died in Providence, Rhode Island. He married Minnie C. Carpenter (b. Chamberlain) in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1893. Carpenter was healed through Christian Science of a long-standing illness in 1894 in Providence. The Carpenters were members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Providence, Rhode Island, where he served as First Reader. They joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 4, 1896. Their son, Gilbert C. (Gilbert Congdon) Carpenter Jr. (1896-1952), would later do so on May 31, 1918.
In 1902, Carpenter served as the Chairman of the Building Committee of The Mother Church Extension at the request of Mary Baker Eddy. He served as a secretary in Eddy's Pleasant View home in Concord, New Hampshire, from April 1905 to April 1906, and Minnie Carpenter joined him there for a week, serving as Eddy's maid. Carpenter was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner in Providence, from 1900 to 1911.
In 1933 and 1934, Carpenter and his son self-published and distributed compilations of writings attributed to Eddy, including Notes on the Divinity Course Given by Mary Baker Eddy and Mary Baker Eddy: Her Spiritual Footsteps. They established the Carpenter Foundation, with the mission of preserving material by and about Eddy. After their deaths, publication was continued by their friend and colleague Richard Oakes, in breach of the agreement they had in place. A lawsuit brought against Oakes on behalf of the Foundation ultimately led to depletion of funds, and the transfer of the print materials to The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Some of the statements ascribed to Eddy and published by the Carpenters were found to be inaccurate or inauthentic.
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