Oliver C. (Oliver Corwin) Sabin (1840-1914) was born in Bladensburg, Ohio, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. He attended Eureka College and Illinois Normal College, then studied law and became a railroad lawyer in Bloomington, Illinois. He married Mary C. Sabin (b. Bent) in Elgin, Illinois, in 1864. Sometime prior to 1885 they relocated to Beatrice, Nebraska, where Sabin continued his law practice, and in 1890 they moved to Washington, D. C. There Sabin became a political strategist and organizer for the Republican Party.
Around 1894 he founded and became the editor of the Washington News Letter. It originally focused on political and legislative news and commentary. In 1898, in response to a congressman's speech attacking Christian Science, Sabin published an editorial defending Christian Science. Thereafter, upon the encouragement of some of Mary Baker Eddy's students in Washington D. C. who admired Sabin, Eddy published a card in The Christian Science Journal recommending that Christian Scientists subscribe to the Washington News Letter for one year. This led to such a large increase in interest and revenue that Sabin converted it into a purely religious publication. Although Sabin had originally claimed to be a Christian Scientist and championed Eddy's teachings and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, it soon became apparent that he held beliefs that were not aligned with them. Eddy withdrew her support of Sabin and his paper, and his application for membership in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, was denied.
In 1899 Sabin declared himself a Bishop and founded his own church, known as the Reformed Christian Science Church. It promoted what he termed Evangelical Christian Science and was more aligned with the New Thought movement. The Washington News Letter became an organ of Sabin's new church and religious movement. Sabin's first wife joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 3, 1899, but by 1900 she was no longer a member. She died in 1908, and later that year Sabin married Paulina A. Sabin (b. Beckman) in Boston. He continued publishing the Washington News Letter until his death in 1914, after which his second wife, son, and daughter-in-law continued its publication until about 1922.
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Oliver C. (Oliver Corwin) Sabin (1840-1914) was born in Bladensburg, Ohio, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. He attended Eureka College and Illinois Normal College, then studied law and became a railroad lawyer in Bloomington, Illinois. He married Mary C. Sabin (b. Bent) in Elgin, Illinois, in 1864. Sometime prior to 1885 they relocated to Beatrice, Nebraska, where Sabin continued his law practice, and in 1890 they moved to Washington, D. C. There Sabin became a political strategist and organizer for the Republican Party.
Around 1894 he founded and became the editor of the Washington News Letter. It originally focused on political and legislative news and commentary. In 1898, in response to a congressman's speech attacking Christian Science, Sabin published an editorial defending Christian Science. Thereafter, upon the encouragement of some of Mary Baker Eddy's students in Washington D. C. who admired Sabin, Eddy published a card in The Christian Science Journal recommending that Christian Scientists subscribe to the Washington News Letter for one year. This led to such a large increase in interest and revenue that Sabin converted it into a purely religious publication. Although Sabin had originally claimed to be a Christian Scientist and championed Eddy's teachings and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, it soon became apparent that he held beliefs that were not aligned with them. Eddy withdrew her support of Sabin and his paper, and his application for membership in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, was denied.
In 1899 Sabin declared himself a Bishop and founded his own church, known as the Reformed Christian Science Church. It promoted what he termed Evangelical Christian Science and was more aligned with the New Thought movement. The Washington News Letter became an organ of Sabin's new church and religious movement. Sabin's first wife joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 3, 1899, but by 1900 she was no longer a member. She died in 1908, and later that year Sabin married Paulina A. Sabin (b. Beckman) in Boston. He continued publishing the Washington News Letter until his death in 1914, after which his second wife, son, and daughter-in-law continued its publication until about 1922.
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