Accession: 480.55.049
Editorial Title: Samuel J. Avery to Mary Baker Eddy, June 29, 1885
Author: Samuel J. Avery 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: June 29, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Samuel J. Avery on unlined paper from Chicago, Illinois.
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ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois June 29 - 1885
Prof. Mary B. G. Eddy
Boston MassachusettsAs Written:Mass. 
Most respected of dearly beloved Teacher

Enclosed please find certificatesEditorial Note: Eddy had sent certificates to her students, but she found that she wanted to make an addition to them so she asked that the ones sent originally be returned. as requested by the enclosed slip from the secty, of the C. S. A.Editorial Note: The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts.

Two weeks ago I called on Miss Brown, but the spirit of hostility manifested As Written: maifested against my pupils becoming members of the C. S. A.Editorial Note: The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts. was so intense, and of which, before this, I was wholly unaware, that I wrote to her the next morning, asking that the matter be at once & forever droppedAs Written:droped, and that no allusion should ever be made to the subject hereafter, as I could not consent to the bringing of any subject that might cause the least in harmony to the dear little associationEditorial Note: The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts.. Now my very dear Teacher, as I reflect upon the trouble and annoyance I must have given you, I most sincerely thank you for your forbearance, and ask pardon for the trouble I have unwillingly caused one I hold so dear, and may I ask that, although I may be forced to sever my connection with the C.S.A hereEditorial Note: The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts., the kindly relations which have existed between us in the dear past, may continue in the future, knowing that "love worketh no ill to its neighbor"Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. , and that we be wise in the promulgation of "Principle, Life, Truth & Love" until all shall know the Lord, "from the least to the greatest"Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. is the prayer of

your Sincere & Faithful
Student
S. J. Avery

P.S. Mrs. A. joins in love to the Dear Teacher

S. J. A

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ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois June 29 - 1885
Prof. Mary B. G. Eddy
Boston Mass.Expanded:Massachusetts 
Most respected of dearly beloved Teacher

Enclosed please find certificatesEditorial Note: Eddy had sent certificates to her students, but she found that she wanted to make an addition to them so she asked that the ones sent originally be returned. as requested by the enclosed slip from the secty, of the C. S. A.Editorial Note: The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts.

Two weeks ago I called on Miss Brown, but the spirit of hostility maifested Corrected: manifested against my pupils becoming members of the C. S. A.Editorial Note: The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts. was so intense, and of which, before this, I was wholly unaware, that I wrote to her the next morning, asking that the matter be at once & forever dropedCorrected:dropped, and that no allusion should ever be made to the subject hereafter, as I could not consent to the bringing of any subject that might cause the least in harmony to the dear little associationEditorial Note: The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts.. Now my very dear Teacher, as I reflect upon the trouble and annoyance I must have given you, I most sincerely thank you for your forbearance, and ask pardon for the trouble I have unwillingly caused one I hold so dear, and may I ask that, although I may be forced to sever my connection with the C.S.A hereEditorial Note: The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts., the kindly relations which have existed between us in the dear past, may continue in the future, knowing that "love worketh no ill to its neighbor"Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. , and that we be wise in the promulgation of "Principle, Life, Truth & Love" until all shall know the Lord, "from the least to the greatest"Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. is the prayer of

your Sincere & Faithful
Student
S. J. Avery

P.S. Mrs. A. joins in love to the Dear Teacher

S. J. A

 
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Chicago, Illinois Eddy had sent certificates to her students, but she found that she wanted to make an addition to them so she asked that the ones sent originally be returned. The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts. The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts. The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts. The Christian Scientist Association of Chicago was a branch of the C.S.A in Boston, Massachusetts.