Accession: 676B.75.014
Editorial Title: Laura M. Henderson to Mary Baker Eddy, October 18, 1885
Author: Laura M. Henderson 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye 
Date: October 18, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Laura M. Henderson on lined paper from Steele City, Nebraska.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.
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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeOct 31
⇉ Handshift:Laura M. HendersonSteele City NebraskaAs Written:Neb
Oct 18th. 1885
Mrs M B. G. Eddy

As I wrote youEditorial Note: No letters from Laura M. Henderson to Mary Baker Eddy prior to this one are extant. some ten weeks ago and have not heard As Written: herd from you yet. and thinking you had not got my letters I, endeavourAs Written:in dever to write As Written: rite this one as I am anxious As Written: ancious to hear As Written: here from you in regard to my case. for if you can’t As Written: cant cure me throughAs Written:thrugh the Divine ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science. as I have been striving As Written: striven for to gain health through As Written: thrugh it for some monthsAs Written:month. and if I can’t As Written: cant gain my health As Written: helth in this way I will have to submit to asengenetal operationAs Written:opration. as my Doctor says As Written: sais I must have one and that soon but I don'tAs Written:dont want to if it is for me to have the truth. and health through your ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science. as you have Cured Worse Cases As Written: Cais than mine I can’tAs Written:cant understandAs Written:under stand why I should not be cured as I know there As Written: thire is nothing impossibleAs Written:imposible with GodLuke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. , if I can get in the straight and naray wayMatt 7:13 ¶Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Matt 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. and that is why I write to you. for to be enlightened As Written: inlighten if so please let me hear As Written: here from you at the first Pasidery Opportunity As Written: Optunity and oblige

Your Truly
Mrs. J. A Henderson
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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeOct 31
⇉ Handshift:Laura M. HendersonSteele City NebExpanded:Nebraska
Oct 18th. 1885
Mrs M B. G. Eddy

As I wrote youEditorial Note: No letters from Laura M. Henderson to Mary Baker Eddy prior to this one are extant. some ten weeks ago and have not herd Corrected: heard from you yet. and thinking you had not got my letters I, in deverCorrected:endeavour to rite Corrected: write this one as I am ancious Corrected: anxious to here Corrected: hear from you in regard to my case. for if you cant Corrected: can’t cure me thrughCorrected:through the Divine ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science. as I have been striven Corrected: striving for to gain health thrugh Corrected: through it for some monthCorrected:months. and if I cant Corrected: can’t gain my helth Corrected: health in this way I will have to submit to asengenetal oprationCorrected:operation. as my Doctor sais Corrected: says I must have one and that soon but I dontCorrected:don't want to if it is for [?] Unclear or illegible  me to have the truth. and health through your ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science. as you have Cured Worse Cais Corrected: Cases than mine I cantCorrected:can’t under standCorrected:understand why I should not be cured as I know thire Corrected: there is nothing imposibleCorrected:impossible with GodLuke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. , if I can get in the straight and naray wayMatt 7:13 ¶Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Matt 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. and that is why I write to you. for to be inlighten Corrected: enlightened if so please let me here Corrected: hear from you at the first Pasidery Optunity Corrected: Opportunity and oblige

Your Truly
Mrs. J. A Henderson
 
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