Accession: 505.56.015
Editorial Title: R. J. Robinson to Mary Baker Eddy, November 10, 1884
Author: R. J. Robinson 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: November 10, 1884
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by R. J. Robinson on lined paper from Hallowell, Maine.
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Hallowell MaineAs Written:Me. Nov. 10th
1884.
Mrs Eddy,
Dear Teacher,

I received Mr. Frye’s noteEditorial Note: This note is not extant. that my application for membership to the C. S. Association had been accepted. I hope I shall ever prove worthy of their confidence. I spend a number of days in FarmingtonEditorial Note: Farmington, Maine and while there proved in several instances the power of Truth to heal the sick I am at home and the prospect is that I shall remain. The people here seem joined to their idols, and will not give me the chance that I so much desire to prove the power of Truth to make whole. I should be happy were I permittedAs Written:permited to engage my time in this glorious work but circumstances prevent, but will endeavor to improve every opportunity to advance the right. Hoping that I shall ever be found “Steadfast unmovable alwaysAs Written:alwey abounding in the work of the Lord”I Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

I remain your pupil
R. J. R.

P. S.

I will encloseAs Written:inclose $2.00Editorial Note: $2.00 in 1884 is the equivalent of $56.43 in 2018. Initial fee and dues for the quarter, the .25Editorial Note: $.25 in 1884 is the equivalent of $6.92 in 2017. please credit toward the next quarter'sAs Written:quarters dues. As I shall not be in Boston very soon I have written my name on the opposite page for your book of by laws.

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Hallowell Me.Expanded:Maine Nov. 10th
1884.
Mrs Eddy,
Dear Teacher,

I received Mr. Frye’s noteEditorial Note: This note is not extant. that my application for membership to the C. S. Association had been accepted. I hope I shall ever prove worthy of their confidence. I spend a number of days in FarmingtonEditorial Note: Farmington, Maine and while there proved in several instances the power of Truth to heal the sick I am at home and the prospect is that I shall remain. The people here seem joined to their idols, and will not give me the chance that I so much desire to prove the power of Truth to make whole. I should be happy were I permitedCorrected:permitted to engage my time in this glorious work but circumstances prevent, but will endeavor to improve every opportunity to advance the right. Hoping that I shall ever be found “Steadfast unmovable alweyCorrected:always abounding in the work of the Lord”I Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

I remain your pupil
R. J. R.

P. S.

I will incloseCorrected:enclose $2.00Editorial Note: $2.00 in 1884 is the equivalent of $56.43 in 2018. Initial fee and dues for the quarter, the .25Editorial Note: $.25 in 1884 is the equivalent of $6.92 in 2017. please credit toward the next quartersCorrected:quarter's dues. As I shall not be in Boston very soon I have written my name on the opposite page for your book of by laws.

 
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This note is not extant. Farmington, Maine $2.00 in 1884 is the equivalent of $56.43 in 2018. $.25 in 1884 is the equivalent of $6.92 in 2017.