Accession: 655.69.046
Editorial Title: Ellen J. Carter to Mary Baker Eddy, April 9, 1885
Author: Ellen J. Carter 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: April 9, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Ellen J. Carter on unlined paper from Jackson, Michigan.
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I have been devoting considerable time to the study of Metaphysics - with moderate success - I have a desire to know more - and reach a higher point and it seems to me to accomplish this I must see you - To be sure I have taken a course of lessons from one of the offshootsAs Written: off shoots of Dr. Sherman of ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois - but feel anxious to know something from the fountain head- I meet with so many obstacles that the solid rock foundationMatt 7:24 ¶Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: Matt 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Matt 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: Matt 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. scarcely sustain me -

What would be the expense of a course with you? I would be very glad to go to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts if I can arrange As Written: arrage matters satisfactorily

Hoping to hear from you soon

655.69.046
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

I have been devoting considerable time to the study of Metaphysics - with moderate success - I have a desire to know more - and reach a higher point and it seems to me to accomplish this I must see you - To be sure I have taken a course of lessons from one of the off shoots Corrected:offshoots of Dr. Sherman of ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois - but feel anxious to know something from the fountain head- I meet with so many obstacles that the solid rock foundationMatt 7:24 ¶Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: Matt 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Matt 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: Matt 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. scarcely sustain me -

What would be the expense of a course with you? I would be very glad to go to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts if I can arrage Corrected: arrange matters satisfactorily

Hoping to hear from you soon

 
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