Accession: 020A.09.008
Editorial Title: M. Bettie Bell to Mary Baker Eddy, January 10, 1886
Author: M. Bettie Bell 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Unknown  Calvin A. Frye 
Date: January 10, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by M. Bettie Bell on lined paper from Chicago, Illinois.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in an unknown hand, as well as a shorthand notation in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.
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020A.09.008
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Handshift:unknown1886
Handshift:Calvin A. Frye[*]Editorial Note: There is what appears to be shorthand written here.
My dear - dear Teacher -

A thousand thanks for your lovely letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. and words cannot tell my deep appreciation. If there is anythingAs Written:any thing in my letter worthy of a place in your Journal- you know best what to do - I don’t - We all shed joyful tears over your letter- I do not expect you to answer my scribblings - too well I know how your moments are taken and it is even cruel for me to impose one upon you to read - I know how it is and my answersAs Written:answer's come through the Journal and your booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy – I am so thoroughly fascinated As Written: faccinated with EzekielAs Written:Ezekial - the abominations he sawEditorial Note: The book of Ezekiel describes a number of “abominations.” See Ezekiel, chapter 8. et ceteraAs Written:&c and Spirit of the living Creation was in the wheelsEzek 1:15 ¶Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. Ezek 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. Ezek 1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. Ezek 1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. Ezek 1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. Ezek 1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. Ezek 1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. Ezek 10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. Ezek 10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. Ezek 10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. Ezek 10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. Ezek 10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. Ezek 10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. Ezek 10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of
Chebar.
Ezek 10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the
cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
Ezek 10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. Ezek 10:18 Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. Ezek 10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
et ceteraAs Written:&c – This is all wonderful- but don’t think I am asking questions- I am not-

"Seek & ye shall find"Matt 7:7 ¶Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Matt 7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Luke 11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. is the promise"–

We all send across the broad acres oceans of love- I shall profit As Written: proffit by the strengthening thought and thank you for your forbearance and tenderness-

Gratefully and lovingly
Your Student –
Mrs. J. H. Bell

P. S. Please tell Dr. Fryre to hurry to send the booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy – & will want another dozenAs Written:doz- as soon as I send these out – will order after these received –

020A.09.008
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Handshift:unknown1886
Handshift:Calvin A. Frye[*]Editorial Note: There is what appears to be shorthand written here.
My dear - dear Teacher -

A thousand thanks for your lovely letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. and words cannot tell my deep appreciation. If there is any thingCorrected:anything in my letter worthy of a place in your Journal- you know best what to do - I don’t - We all shed joyful tears over your letter- I do not expect you to answer my letter's scribblings - too well I know how your moments are taken and it is even even cruel for me to impose one [?] Unclear or illegible  upon you to read - I know how it is and my answer'sCorrected:answers come through the Journal and your booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy – I am so thoroughly faccinated Corrected: fascinated with EzekialCorrected:Ezekiel - the abominations he sawEditorial Note: The book of Ezekiel describes a number of “abominations.” See Ezekiel, chapter 8. &cExpanded:et cetera and [?] Unclear or illegible  Spirit of the living Creation was in the whee [?] Unclear or illegible lsEzek 1:15 ¶Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. Ezek 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. Ezek 1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. Ezek 1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. Ezek 1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. Ezek 1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. Ezek 1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. Ezek 10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. Ezek 10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. Ezek 10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. Ezek 10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. Ezek 10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. Ezek 10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. Ezek 10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of
Chebar.
Ezek 10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the
cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
Ezek 10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. Ezek 10:18 Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. Ezek 10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
&cExpanded:et cetera – This is all wonderful- but don’t think I am asking questions- I am not-

"Seek & ye shall find"Matt 7:7 ¶Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Matt 7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Luke 11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. is the promise"–

We all send across the broad acres oceans of love- I shall proffit Corrected: profit by the strengthening thought and thank you for your forbearance and tenderness-

Gratefully and lovingly
Your Student –
Mrs. J. H. Bell

P. S. Please tell Dr. Fryre to hurry to send the booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy – & will want another dozExpanded:dozen- as soon as I send these out – will order after these received –

 
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There is what appears to be shorthand written here. This letter is not extant. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy The book of Ezekiel describes a number of “abominations.” See Ezekiel, chapter 8. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy