Alice Jennings
Alice Jennings (1858-1942) was born in Pomeroy, Ohio, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. She became a student of Augusta E. Stetson, who was a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, in New York in December 1889. The next year, she moved to her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, to work as a Christian Science practitioner with Sue H. Mims, who would later become a student of Eddy's. Although she expressed an interest in studying with Eddy herself, there is no record of Jennings doing so. By 1892, she had moved to her father's home in Thomasville, Georgia. Jennings joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1894. In the spring of 1895, Jennings formed the Christian Scientist Association of Macon, Georgia, and helped incorporate First Church of Christ, Scientist, there in 1896. Along with Mims, she also helped organize First Church of Christ, Scientist, Atlanta in 1899. In 1903, she published a compilation of poetry titled The Fruit of the Spirit Poetically Interpreted. The book includes Eddy's poems titled "Love", which is also published in Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896, and "Constancy". Eddy originally gave Jennings permission to use these, however she later regretted her decision to do so. Jennings became a member of the General Association of Teachers in October 1904, and she was also a member of the National Christian Scientist Association. She was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner (and later teacher) in Macon, Georgia, followed by Los Angeles, California, from 1892 until 1924. In 1928, she moved to The Christian Science Pleasant View Home in Concord, New Hampshire, and remained there until her passing.
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Alice Jennings
Alice Jennings (1858-1942) was born in Pomeroy, Ohio, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. She became a student of Augusta E. Stetson, who was a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, in New York in December 1889. The next year, she moved to her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, to work as a Christian Science practitioner with Sue H. Mims, who would later become a student of Eddy's. Although she expressed an interest in studying with Eddy herself, there is no record of Jennings doing so. By 1892, she had moved to her father's home in Thomasville, Georgia. Jennings joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1894. In the spring of 1895, Jennings formed the Christian Scientist Association of Macon, Georgia, and helped incorporate First Church of Christ, Scientist, there in 1896. Along with Mims, she also helped organize First Church of Christ, Scientist, Atlanta in 1899. In 1903, she published a compilation of poetry titled The Fruit of the Spirit Poetically Interpreted. The book includes Eddy's poems titled "Love", which is also published in Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896, and "Constancy". Eddy originally gave Jennings permission to use these, however she later regretted her decision to do so. Jennings became a member of the General Association of Teachers in October 1904, and she was also a member of the National Christian Scientist Association. She was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner (and later teacher) in Macon, Georgia, followed by Los Angeles, California, from 1892 until 1924. In 1928, she moved to The Christian Science Pleasant View Home in Concord, New Hampshire, and remained there until her passing.
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