Samuel Greenwood (1861-1946) was born in London, Ontario, Canada, and died in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was an accountant. In the late 1880s he was healed of an incapacitating eye condition of ten years' standing through reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. He then took the Primary class in Christian Science from Eddy's student Elizabeth Webster and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1896. In 1897 he married Nancy J. Greenwood (b. Wilbrand) in Seattle, Washington, and they moved first to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and then in 1901 to Victoria.
Nancy was a Christian Scientist who had joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 6, 1895, and was a practitioner listed in the The Christian Science Journal from 1903 until 1959. Samuel was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1901 until 1946. The couple held Christian Science services in their home until the attendees required a larger rented space and then helped found First Church of Christ, Scientist, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, which was built in 1909. In 1905 both Samuel and Nancy traveled to Boston and took the Primary class from Eddy's student Eugene H. Greene. In 1906 Samuel returned to Boston and took the Normal class, also from Greene, and then taught Christian Science from 1910 until 1946. Samuel authored a book entitled Footsteps of Israel: From Eden to the City of God, published in 1922. He also had over 200 articles published in the Christian Science periodicals between 1896 and 1945, and one of his poems, entitled "Silent Prayer," became a hymn published in The Christian Science Hymnal. He was a major supporter of the founding and operation of Wayside House, a Christian Science nursing facility in Victoria.
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Samuel Greenwood (1861-1946) was born in London, Ontario, Canada, and died in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was an accountant. In the late 1880s he was healed of an incapacitating eye condition of ten years' standing through reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. He then took the Primary class in Christian Science from Eddy's student Elizabeth Webster and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1896. In 1897 he married Nancy J. Greenwood (b. Wilbrand) in Seattle, Washington, and they moved first to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and then in 1901 to Victoria.
Nancy was a Christian Scientist who had joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 6, 1895, and was a practitioner listed in the The Christian Science Journal from 1903 until 1959. Samuel was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1901 until 1946. The couple held Christian Science services in their home until the attendees required a larger rented space and then helped found First Church of Christ, Scientist, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, which was built in 1909. In 1905 both Samuel and Nancy traveled to Boston and took the Primary class from Eddy's student Eugene H. Greene. In 1906 Samuel returned to Boston and took the Normal class, also from Greene, and then taught Christian Science from 1910 until 1946. Samuel authored a book entitled Footsteps of Israel: From Eden to the City of God, published in 1922. He also had over 200 articles published in the Christian Science periodicals between 1896 and 1945, and one of his poems, entitled "Silent Prayer," became a hymn published in The Christian Science Hymnal. He was a major supporter of the founding and operation of Wayside House, a Christian Science nursing facility in Victoria.
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