Charles D. Reynolds (1865-1950) was born in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, and died in San Francisco, California. By 1880 he was living in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania then graduated from Meadville Lombard Theological School in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and went into the Unitarian ministry.
Having suffered gradually worsening health since childhood, he was advised to relocate to a higher altitude. Accordingly, he moved to Lancaster, New Hampshire, and began preaching in a Unitarian church there, but his health continued to worsen. In 1897, witnessing a healing a woman in his congregation experienced through Christian Science treatment, he inquired about it. She gave him a copy of Mary Baker Eddy's book Retrospection and Introspection, and through reading and studying it, he too experienced healing. Three months later he resigned his ministry and began practicing Christian Science. He joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 7, 1899, and helped form a Christian Science Society in Lancaster, which became a branch Christian Science church in about 1900.
Eddy heard of Reynolds's healing and invited him to visit her at her Pleasant View home in Concord, New Hampshire. A few months later she summoned him to visit again, at which time she notified him that she wished to appoint him First Reader of the Christian Science branch church in Manchester, New Hampshire, which he accepted. Eddy then recommended Reynolds to take Normal class instruction from her student Edward A. Kimball under the auspices of the Board of Education in June 1901, and thereafter she appointed him to the Lesson Sermon Committee. He also served as the Committee on Publication for New Hampshire. He became a member of the General Association of Teachers in 1903 and also began listing as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal in 1903, maintaining his listing for the rest of his life.
In 1904 he married Grace D. Reynolds (b. Darling) in Woodstock, Vermont. She was a Christian Scientist who had joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1894. She was a student of Eddy's student Joshua F. Bailey and was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1899 until 1914. In 1916 they moved to Piedmont, California, where Reynolds helped found First Church of Christ, Scientist, Piedmont, California, and began teaching Christian Science in 1917. After his wife's passing in 1932, Reynolds moved to San Francisco. He married Callie M. Reynolds (b. Martin) in Yuma, Arizona, in 1941. She was a student of Eddy's student Amanda J. Baird. She joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 4, 1909, and she was also a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Lawrence, Kansas.
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Charles D. Reynolds (1865-1950) was born in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, and died in San Francisco, California. By 1880 he was living in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania then graduated from Meadville Lombard Theological School in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and went into the Unitarian ministry.
Having suffered gradually worsening health since childhood, he was advised to relocate to a higher altitude. Accordingly, he moved to Lancaster, New Hampshire, and began preaching in a Unitarian church there, but his health continued to worsen. In 1897, witnessing a healing a woman in his congregation experienced through Christian Science treatment, he inquired about it. She gave him a copy of Mary Baker Eddy's book Retrospection and Introspection, and through reading and studying it, he too experienced healing. Three months later he resigned his ministry and began practicing Christian Science. He joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 7, 1899, and helped form a Christian Science Society in Lancaster, which became a branch Christian Science church in about 1900.
Eddy heard of Reynolds's healing and invited him to visit her at her Pleasant View home in Concord, New Hampshire. A few months later she summoned him to visit again, at which time she notified him that she wished to appoint him First Reader of the Christian Science branch church in Manchester, New Hampshire, which he accepted. Eddy then recommended Reynolds to take Normal class instruction from her student Edward A. Kimball under the auspices of the Board of Education in June 1901, and thereafter she appointed him to the Lesson Sermon Committee. He also served as the Committee on Publication for New Hampshire. He became a member of the General Association of Teachers in 1903 and also began listing as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal in 1903, maintaining his listing for the rest of his life.
In 1904 he married Grace D. Reynolds (b. Darling) in Woodstock, Vermont. She was a Christian Scientist who had joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1894. She was a student of Eddy's student Joshua F. Bailey and was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1899 until 1914. In 1916 they moved to Piedmont, California, where Reynolds helped found First Church of Christ, Scientist, Piedmont, California, and began teaching Christian Science in 1917. After his wife's passing in 1932, Reynolds moved to San Francisco. He married Callie M. Reynolds (b. Martin) in Yuma, Arizona, in 1941. She was a student of Eddy's student Amanda J. Baird. She joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 4, 1909, and she was also a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Lawrence, Kansas.
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