Accession: 673B.74.026
Editorial Title: Lucy E. Griswold to Mary Baker Eddy, July 31, 1885
Author: Lucy E. Griswold 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: July 31, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Lucy E. Griswold on embossed lined paper from Fremont, Nebraska.
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My limb was injured by the fall of an amphitheater As Written: ampitheater last Sep.– I was treated by a physician here until the last of May when I went to Mrs Fenn of OmahaEditorial Note: Omaha, Nebraska a Christian Scientist- My general health is much better still I cannot walk without a cane and cannotAs Written:can not go up and down stairs without someoneAs Written:some one to help me–

I have been a teacher all my life. –

Of course was not able to teach last year, the School Board are anxious to have me take my place again, but a long flight of stairs makes me hesitate–­­­

I believe in Christian ScienceAs Written:C. S. and have thought a great deal about coming to you and taking the lectures–

But I am not sure that you would want me to come until I was cured and made whole.– or could I come and be healed while taking the lectures–

I have your booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy and read the Journal-

I think the ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science has benefited As Written: benefitted me—

I enjoy the booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy very much, although there is much that I do not understand– I find it true that it is harder to get rid of error than to receive new truths–

Yours with respect-
Lucy E. Griswold
Fremont
Nebraska–

P. S. Is there not a class in October as well as in Sep.? G.

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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

My limb was injured by the fall of an ampitheater Corrected: amphitheater last Sep.– I was treated by a physician here until the last of May when I went to Mrs Fenn of OmahaEditorial Note: Omaha, Nebraska a Christian Scientist- My general health is much better still I cannot walk without a cane and can notCorrected:cannot go up and down stairs without some oneCorrected:someone to help me–

I have been a teacher all my life. –

Of course was not able to teach last year, the School Board are anxious to have me take my place again, but a long flight of stairs makes me hesitate–­­­

I believe in C. S.Expanded:Christian Science and have thought a great deal about coming to you and taking the lectures–

But I am not sure that you would want me to come until I was cured and made whole.– or could I come and be healed while taking the lectures–

I have your booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy and read the Journal-

I think the ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science has benefitted Corrected: benefited me—

I enjoy the booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy very much, although there is much that I do not understand– I find it true that it is harder to get rid of error than to receive new truths–

Yours with respect-
Lucy E. Griswold
Fremont
Nebraska–

P. S. Is there not a class in October as well as in Sep.? G.

 
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