Sarah Pike Conger (b. Pike) (1843-1932) was born in Painesville, Ohio, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. She married Edwin H. Conger in 1866 in Galesburg, Illinois. The couple had two children. Conger became interested in Christian Science in 1887, while the couple were living in Iowa. She was an active member of the Christian Science Society in Des Moines, Iowa, and was a student of Valeria J. Campbell. She was admitted to The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 6, 1894. In 1901 Conger took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimbell in the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and went on to become a Christian Science teacher. She met Mary Baker Eddy in September 1897 at Pleasant View, in Concord, New Hampshire.
The Congers moved to Washington D.C. in 1885 when he became Republican congressman for Iowa. He was appointed as the foreign minister to Brazil in 1890, and Conger accompanied him during the posting. She corresponded with Eddy during this time as she struggled to make sense of the unfamiliar surroundings, relying on the discipline of honest and clear thought that her Christian Science belief and training had instilled in her. This led her to appreciate the 'one brotherhood' that extended across the globe.
In 1898 Edwin Conger was appointed minister to China, during a time of economic, social, and political unrest which led to the Boxer Uprising in 1900. The couple, and their daughter Laura, were trapped in Beijing (then known as Peking), and Sarah wrote that her Christian Science was everything to her during this time of darkness. While in China, Conger's interests lay in the experience of women, and she was able to visit the Empress Dowager Cixi along with other wives of foreign ministers. Conger was listed in The Christian Science Journal as a practitioner and teacher in Beijing, China, in 1901 and 1904. She was decorated by the Empress in 1905 with the special Order of the Double Dragon.
Following this posting, the couple settled in Pasadena, California, in 1905. After her husband's passing in 1907, Conger continued to correspond with Eddy. She wrote two books: Letters from China (1909) and Old China and Young America (1913).
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Sarah Pike Conger (b. Pike) (1843-1932) was born in Painesville, Ohio, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. She married Edwin H. Conger in 1866 in Galesburg, Illinois. The couple had two children. Conger became interested in Christian Science in 1887, while the couple were living in Iowa. She was an active member of the Christian Science Society in Des Moines, Iowa, and was a student of Valeria J. Campbell. She was admitted to The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 6, 1894. In 1901 Conger took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimbell in the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and went on to become a Christian Science teacher. She met Mary Baker Eddy in September 1897 at Pleasant View, in Concord, New Hampshire.
The Congers moved to Washington D.C. in 1885 when he became Republican congressman for Iowa. He was appointed as the foreign minister to Brazil in 1890, and Conger accompanied him during the posting. She corresponded with Eddy during this time as she struggled to make sense of the unfamiliar surroundings, relying on the discipline of honest and clear thought that her Christian Science belief and training had instilled in her. This led her to appreciate the 'one brotherhood' that extended across the globe.
In 1898 Edwin Conger was appointed minister to China, during a time of economic, social, and political unrest which led to the Boxer Uprising in 1900. The couple, and their daughter Laura, were trapped in Beijing (then known as Peking), and Sarah wrote that her Christian Science was everything to her during this time of darkness. While in China, Conger's interests lay in the experience of women, and she was able to visit the Empress Dowager Cixi along with other wives of foreign ministers. Conger was listed in The Christian Science Journal as a practitioner and teacher in Beijing, China, in 1901 and 1904. She was decorated by the Empress in 1905 with the special Order of the Double Dragon.
Following this posting, the couple settled in Pasadena, California, in 1905. After her husband's passing in 1907, Conger continued to correspond with Eddy. She wrote two books: Letters from China (1909) and Old China and Young America (1913).
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