Accession: 698P2.81.005
Editorial Title: Dora F. Noxon to Mary Baker Eddy, November 14, 1886
Author: Dora F. Noxon 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: November 14, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Dora F. Noxon on lined paper from Denver, Colorado.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in the handwriting of Mary Baker Eddy.
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698P2.81.005
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Mrs M. B. G. Eddy)
Boston MassachusettsAs Written:Mass.
Dear Mrs. Eddy:–

I desire to enter your next Normal Class, which I understand will be called in one or two months, I have not practiced a year- being a student of Miss Minnie Halls first class which closed the eighth day of last June,- but I have given my entire time to the work and so have had an experience as wide as many of more than a year's As Written: years practice. I expect to give my whole life to the work of my MasterEditorial Note: Jesus Christ following him in the way of his appointing- healing the sick, casting out error and preaching the GospelMatt 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matt 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. .-

Many of my patients, and others, are asking to be instructed, I explain to them as much as I can of the Truth,- which, to know, shall make them freeJohn 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. , and I long for the time when I can teach them more fully of this Divine Science which leads into all harmony, and the peace which passeth all understandingPhil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. . I cannotAs Written:can not do this as I wish to until I have been instructed of you, and I am so anxious to do all that I may that I do not know how to wait longer.

Can I hear the glad message bidding me come?

Very truly Yours
Dora Fletcher Noxon
Handshift:Mary Baker EddyEnclose Blank to be filled

Say after Mrs E. receives that she will consider your question of entering her class
698P2.81.005
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Mrs M. B. G. Eddy)
Boston Mass.Expanded:Massachusetts
Dear Mrs. Eddy:–

I desire to enter your next Normal Class, which I understand will be called in one or two months, I have not practiced a year- being a student of Miss Minnie Halls first class which closed the eighth day of last June,- but I have given my entire time to the work and so have had an experience as wide as many of more than a years Corrected: year's practice. I expect to give my whole life to the work of my MasterEditorial Note: Jesus Christ following him in the way of his appointing- healing the sick, casting out error and preaching the GospelMatt 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matt 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. .-

Many of my patients, and others, are asking to be instructed, I explain to them as much as I can of the Truth,- which, to know, shall make them freeJohn 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. , and I long for the time when I can teach them more fully of this Divine Science which leads into all harmony, and the peace which passeth all understandingPhil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. . I can notCorrected:cannot do this as I wish to until I have been instructed of you, and I am so anxious to do all that I may that I do not know how to wait longer.

Can I hear the glad message bidding me come?

Very truly Yours
Dora Fletcher Noxon
Handshift:Mary Baker EddyEnclose Blank to be filled
Say
Say after Mrs E. receives that she will consider your question of entering her class
 
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