Accession: 671.73A.060
Editorial Title: Ada M. Gleason to Mary Baker Eddy, October 22, 1885
Author: Ada M. Gleason 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye 
Date: October 22, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Ada M. Gleason on printed stationery of The Century Company Art Department from New York, New York.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.
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Handshift:Calvin A. FryeOct 31

Can you give me, please, the address of a thoroughly trustworthy "mind-cure practitioner either in New YorkEditorial Note: New York, New York or BrooklynEditorial Note: Brooklyn, New York?

If Faith is a necessary qualification for receiving any possible benefit from this treatment, perhaps I ought to frankly state that I haven't even the mustard seed germ to build from;Matt 17:14 ¶And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Matt 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. Matt 17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Matt 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. Matt 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Matt 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? Matt 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Matt 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. but having been out of health for the past year and finding this condition somewhat unsuited (to say the least) to a busy business life I am ready in sheer desperation to try any "cure" new or old which is suggested. However, if you will pardon my being so personal, — I have little money to throw As Written: through away in experiments, and if the faith is a necessary adjunct to restoration. will you kindly ignore my request, and oblige,

Yours Sincerely,
Ada M. Gleason
671.73A.060
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Handshift:Calvin A. FryeOct 31

Can you give me, please, the address of a thoroughly trustworthy "mind-cure practitioner either in New YorkEditorial Note: New York, New York or BrooklynEditorial Note: Brooklyn, New York?

If Faith is a necessary qualification for receiving any possible benefit from this treatment, perhaps I ought to frankly state that I haven't even the mustard seed germ to build from;Matt 17:14 ¶And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Matt 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. Matt 17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Matt 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. Matt 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Matt 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? Matt 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Matt 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. but having been out of health for the past year and finding this condition somewhat unsuited (to say the least) to a busy business life I am ready in sheer desperation to try any "cure" new or old which is suggested. However, if you will pardon my being so personal, — I have little money to through Corrected: throw away in experiments, and if the faith is a necessary adjunct to restoration. will you kindly ignore my request, and oblige,

Yours Sincerely,
Ada M. Gleason
 
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