Accession: 020A.09.003
Editorial Title: M. Bettie Bell to Mary Baker Eddy, May 27, 1885
Author: M. Bettie Bell 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: May 27, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by M. Bettie Bell on lined paper from Chicago, Illinois.
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My dear Mrs. Eddy -

Your kind replyEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. to my letter was appreciated fully and when I read it to Mrs. Noyes tears sprang to both our eyes & she said to me "now did I not tell you, "You had been brave?" - I must tell you the joyful tidings that I am all cured of that old Uterine As Written: Utirine belief of 17 years standing and can walk as good as anyoneAs Written:any one My husband says "You walk straight As Written: strait and remind me of a proud peacockAs Written:pea-cock” - She also took my glasses An inherited belief of old eyesightAs Written:eye-sight. Oculist As Written: Occulist said my eyes were 30 years older than myselfAs Written:my-self - Now I see to shop to eat et cetereaAs Written:&c - but cannot yet see to sew or read - One friend affirms "When I see you read fine print Mrs. Bell then As Written: thin I will believe - How are we surrounded As Written: sourrounded with doubting ThomassesJohn 20:24 ¶But Thomas, one of the twelve, called
Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
John 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. John 20:26 ¶And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
and shrinking NichodemusesJohn 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
John 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
- Surely they are many - Another old belief of Catarrh of head, stomach & bowels As Written: bowells lingers yet - but hope in time to wear it out –

I found that I could not find responsible person to leave with my little BabiesEditorial Note: Elsie N. Bell and Daisy M. Bell and as Mrs. Noyes was forming a class I was so impatient I urged her to let me join it - She did and we are just through our course of 12 lessons -

I think she has given us a very clear understanding and we all love her. She is so good and amiable As Written: ammable in disposition and all her patients love her - She inspires me with new courage every time I see and talk with her – Gold could not buy what we have learned and yet I will never be satisfied until I see you and take more instruction - And whenever the opportunity presents itselfAs Written:its-self I will surely avail myselfAs Written:my-self of it.

I learn in Peter that the Whiles of Satan will tempt us but we are admonished to be firm in the faith and a little while – “We will be stablished stringthened - settledI Pet 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: I Pet 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. I Pet 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. - I hear the distant bells of Harmony chiming, sweetly chiming and long to catch every note free and full without straining to pierce through the shadows and smoke of the unreal - I am very impatient with the “old man” Want to lay him off immediately and put on the newEph 4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: Eph 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; Eph 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; Eph 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. - I want the Shining garment - without spot or blemish or any such thing - May God be merciful & shield me from the tempter and the laws of mortal mind which "seemeth to be & is not." Mrs. Noyes seems proud of us and thinks we have done well - I have dedicated myself to this CauseEditorial Note: Christian Science - At present am treating ten patients and they are doing well and more waiting for me as I can give them time - I want to know more- I want to got rid of self - I will never be satisfied until the old beliefs As Written: beleifs are fully conquered - They look like mountains to me am so imperfect - Forgive this intrusion upon yours valuable time

Yours with hope
Mrs. J H. Bell

I already love you - for my prison door is openingActs 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. Acts 5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Acts 5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. & slowly seeing out of the dark cobweb corners.

020A.09.003
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
My dear Mrs. Eddy -

Your kind replyEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. to my letter was appreciated fully and when I read it to Mrs. Noyes tears sprang to both our eyes & she said to me "now did I not tell you, "You had been brave?" - I must tell you the joyful tidings that I am all cured of that old Utirine Corrected: Uterine belief of 17 years standing and can walk as good as any oneCorrected:anyone My husband says "You walk strait Corrected: straight and remind me of a proud pea-cockCorrected:peacock” - She also took my glasses An inherited belief of old eye-sightCorrected:eyesight. Occulist Corrected: Oculist said my eyes were 30 years older than my-selfCorrected:myself - Now I see to shop to eat &cExpanded:et ceterea - but cannot yet see to sew or read - One friend affirms "When I see you read fine print Mrs. Bell thin Corrected: then I will believe - How are we sourrounded Corrected: surrounded with doubting ThomassesJohn 20:24 ¶But Thomas, one of the twelve, called
Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
John 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. John 20:26 ¶And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
and shrinking NichodemusesJohn 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
John 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
- Surely they are many - Another old belief of Catarrh of head, stomach & bowells Corrected: bowels lingers yet - but hope in time to wear it out –

I found that I could not find responsible person to leave with my little BabiesEditorial Note: Elsie N. Bell and Daisy M. Bell and as Mrs. Noyes was forming a class I was so impatient I urged her to let me join it - She did and we are just through our course of 12 lessons -

I think she has given us a very clear understanding and we all love her. She is so good and ammable Corrected: amiable in disposition and all her patients love her - She inspires me with new courage every time I see and talk with her – Gold could not buy what we have learned and yet I will never be satisfied until I see you and take more instruction - And whenever the opportunity awaits presents its-selfCorrected:itself I will surely avail my-selfCorrected:myself of it.

I learn in Peter that the Whiles of Satan will tempt us a little while but we are admonished to be firm in the faith and a little while – “We will be stablished stringthened - settledI Pet 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: I Pet 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. I Pet 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. - I hear the distant bells of Harmony chiming, sweetly chiming and long to catch every note free and full without straining to pierce through the shadows and smoke of the unreal - I am very impatient with the “old man” Want to lay him off immediately and put on the newEph 4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: Eph 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; Eph 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; Eph 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. - I want the Shining garment - without spot or blemish or any such thing - May God be merciful & shield me from the tempter and the laws of mortal mind which "seemeth to be & is not." Mrs. Noyes seems proud of us and thinks we have done well - I have dedicated myself to this CauseEditorial Note: Christian Science - At present am treating ten patients and they are doing well and more waiting for me as I can give them time - I want to know more- I want to got rid of self - I will never be satisfied until the old beleifs Corrected: beliefs are fully conquered - They look like mountains to me am so imperfect - Forgive this intrusion upon yours valuable time

Yours with hope
Mrs. J H. Bell

I already love you - for my prison door is openingActs 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. Acts 5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Acts 5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. & slowly seeing out of the dark cobweb corners.

 
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