Accession: 183.31.013
Editorial Title: Sue Ella Bradshaw to Mary Baker Eddy, December 18, 1886
Author: Sue Ella Bradshaw 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: December 18, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Sue Ella Bradshaw on lined printed stationery of the California Metaphysical Institute, from San Jose, California.
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SUE ELLA BRADSHAW, C.S.B., Principal,
San Jose, Cal.,December 18 1886
Christmas Greeting!!
Dear Teacher,

It seems to me this Christmas must be a little brighter and attended with more joy for you than many which have passed. There has been so much advancement of the work the last year and so many new students with stability of character. And as the love of Truth evolves the truth of Love in due time the malicious will become as powerless as the ignorant error.

What I have received has amply repaid me for all I have expended, and there has been more than I dared expect. My last thorn in the fleshII Cor 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. II Cor 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. II Cor 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. has disappeared and say with clear conscience I am both strong and in health. Physical hereditary law will have to look elsewhere for obedience.

I feel as if I had come into an unexpected fortune but such a one as requires a second to make it complete. – and that the realization of perfect Mind disenthralled of belief.

My mental barometer indicated a tempest somewhere last week, of an unusual character. Suddenly it ceased, and I heard above all else the "Lo! I am with you always."Matt 28:19 ¶Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Matt 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

I trust nothing will mar the remembrance in which your students have united to express their love on Christmas day. And I know each one must love you according to the capacity to comprehend that demand. My course is continued with rejoicing that there is one to lead and there is no despair or fainting, but gratitude for being of the number.

Lovingly Yours.
Sue Ella Bradshaw.
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SUE ELLA BRADSHAW, C.S.B., Pr [?] Unclear or illegible  incipal,
San Jose, Cal.,December 18 1886
Christmas Greeting!!
Dear Teacher,

It seems to me this Christmas must be a little brighter and attended with more joy for you than many which have passed. There has been so much advancement of the work the last year and so many new students with stability of character. And as the love of Truth evolves the truth of Love in due time the malicious will become as powerless as the ignorant error.

What I have received has amply repaid me for all I have expended, and there has been more than I dared expect. My last thorn in the fleshII Cor 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. II Cor 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. II Cor 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. has disappeared and say with clear conscience I am both strong and in health. Physical hereditary law will have to look elsewhere for obedience.

I feel as if I had come into an unexpected fortune but such a one as requires a second to make it complete. – and that the realization of perfect Mind disenthralled of belief.

My mental barometer indicated a tempest somewhere last week, of an unusual character. Suddenly it ceased, and I heard above all else the "Lo! I am with you always."Matt 28:19 ¶Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Matt 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

I trust nothing will mar the remembrance in which your students have united to express their love on Christmas day. And I know each one must love you according to the capacity to comprehend that demand. My course is continued with rejoicing that there is one to lead and there is no despair or fainting, but gratitudeto for being of the number.

Lovingly Yours.
Sue Ella Bradshaw.
 
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