Accession: 273B.41.004
Editorial Title: Ruth B. Ewing to Mary Baker Eddy, October 17, 1886
Author: Ruth B. Ewing 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: October 17, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Ruth B. Ewing on lined paper from Chicago, Illinois.
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3743. Ellis Ave. Chicago
Oct 17, 1886 –
Dear Mrs. Eddy

I have been in the whirlpool As Written: whirl-pool of sense ever since I left the class and it has. seemed truly “The hosts of Sin are pressing hard "To draw thee from the skiesEditorial Note: These are two lines from the hymn “My soul, be on thy guard,” written by George Heath (1745-1822) in 1781. yet the Truth never was so plain to me as now and I stand fast whatever may oppose-

The manifestations of annimal magnetism here in Chicago are appalling even to our human sense of things and how much more pitiful to Spiritual. sense beholding the multitudes who will not come to Him that they might have LifeJohn 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. " yet I perceive that even this great "wrath of man shall be made to praise HimPs 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. and I wait upon the LordPs 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Dear Teacher it is little I can say or do to make it appear how good and precious your teachings have been to me but you have led me as I trust also many others have been led to God and surely the peace and joy of Heaven are your reward

Yours in the Truth
Ruth B. Ewing
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3743. Ellis Ave. Chicago
Oct 17, 1886 –
Dear Mrs. Eddy

I have been in the whirl-pool Corrected: whirlpool of sense ever since I left the class and it has. seemed truly “The hosts of Sin are pressing hard "To draw thee from the skiesEditorial Note: These are two lines from the hymn “My soul, be on thy guard,” written by George Heath (1745-1822) in 1781. yet the Truth never was so plain to me as now and I stand fast whatever may oppose-

The manifestations of [?] Unclear or illegible  annimal magnetism here in Chicago are appalling even to our human sense of things and how much more pitiful to Spiritual. sense beholding the multitudes who will not come to Him that they might have LifeJohn 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. " yet I perceive that even this great "wrath of man shall be made to praise HimPs 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. and I wait upon the LordPs 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Dear Teacher it is little I can say or do to make it appear how good and precious your teachings have been to me but you have led me as I trust also many others have been led to God and surely the peace and joy of Heaven are your reward

Yours in the Truth
Ruth B. Ewing
 
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These are two lines from the hymn “My soul, be on thy guard,” written by George Heath (1745-1822) in 1781.