Hyrum Reese to Mary Baker Eddy, July 4, 1886

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705B.83.023

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Hyrum Reese

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Mary Baker Eddy

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July 4, 1886

Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Hyrum Reese on embossed lined paper from Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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Council Bluffs Iowa
Sunday July 4th 1886

Mrs Eddie

i thought i would write you a letter todayAs Written:to day telling you how i felt after getting As Written: geting one of your booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy beforeAs Written:be fore i got your book i thought there was nobody As Written: nobodey that had the same kind of a mind as i had but when i got aholdAs Written:a hold of one of your books i found out that there was somebodyAs Written:some bodey elseAs Written:elce had the same kind of a mind as i did i got the book on sunday night and i read As Written: red it one hour and i don'tAs Written:dont believeAs Written:be lieve there was a happier fellow in the world than i was As Written: wass your mind was Just exactly as my mind was and i don't As Written: dont suppose you have any As Written: aney idea how i thanked God that night that i got one of your books i had the rheumatism As Written: rumatism and neuralgia As Written: neraliga i did not feel any As Written: aney better thatAs Written:thut dayAs Written:yay but i read As Written: red an hour the second As Written: seckond night the third day i did not have a pain aroundAs Written:a round me and i have got the book read As Written: red once through althoughAs Written:all though i am bothered As Written: botherd with my head yet especially As Written: esspeculy on a hot day i have got the catarrh As Written: cattarach in my head althoughAs Written:all though i hope it will be removedAs Written:re moved in a short time after my head is all right i can count myselfAs Written:my self well i tell you if i could not get anotherAs Written:a nother book like it i would not take 5 hundred dollarsEditorial Note: $500.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $15,566.80 in 2022. for it i've As Written: ive been a member of the BaptistAs Written:biptist for 11 years and i never got so much good in that 11 years that i got in reading your book once through it'sAs Written:its gettingAs Written:geting so nowadaysAs Written:now days that there is very little christianity in them and i have got so that i don't As Written: dont care uniting As Written: uniteing with them i hope to be a christian healer myselfAs Written:my self i am going to try and go intoAs Written:in to Mr filberts class he's As Written: hes the one that i got the book from i heard As Written: herd the baptist minister preach on this text come un to me all yea that labor and are heavy laden and i will give you rest take my yoke up on you and learn of me for i am week and loly in hart and you shall find rest unto your souls for my yoke is easy and my burden is lightMatt 11:28 ¶Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matt 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. i used As Written: use to think it was pretty hard to do when i see what little christianity there was in the church but when i read As Written: red the book through i see how easy his yoke is and how light his burden is when i look in the right sense As Written: sence of it whereverAs Written:whair ever your book is it does so much good everybodyAs Written:every bodey that has it they tell how much good it does them the Mormons As Written: mormans when they claim to heal As Written: heall the sick they lay hands on the sick and anointAs Written:annoint theirAs Written:there headsAs Written:hedds with oil and a happy thought came over me and that was this that if Christ anointedAs Written:annointed theirAs Written:there heads with oil it was the oil of gladness that was light of As Written: f life truth and love that is the kind of oil to anointAs Written:an oint theirAs Written:there heads with that's As Written: thats all the oil i believeAs Written:be lieve in i hope i will have good luck betweenAs Written:be tween now and Winter that i can go in Mr filberts class althoughAs Written:all though i will take 1 hundred dollarsEditorial Note: $100.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $3,113.36 in 2022. in cash down and i hope i can make the money and i would like you to treat me once as i am poor and don't As Written: dont feel able to pay the money now and if you ever write and want some money i will try and send it to you please excuse poor writing As Written: writeing this is from a friend of Mr filberts

Hyrum Reese
Council Bluffs
Iowa
No 1911
4th avenue

i believe a person As Written: persen can be treated a way off as well As Written: weell as near As Written: neer as God is mind

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Council Bluffs Iowa
Sunday July 4th 1886

Mrs Eddie

i thought i would write you a letter to dayCorrected:today telling you how i felt after geting Corrected: getting one of your booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy be foreCorrected:before i got your book i thought there was nobodey Corrected: nobody that had the same kind of a mind as i had but when i got a holdCorrected:ahold of one of your books i found out that there was some bodeyCorrected:somebody elceCorrected:else had the same kind of a mind as i did i got the book on sunday night and i red Corrected: read it one hour and i dontCorrected:don't be lieveCorrected:believe there was a happier fellow in the world than i wass Corrected: was your mind was Just exactly as my mind was and i dont Corrected: don't suppose you have aney Corrected: any idea how i thanked God that night that i got one of your books i had the rumatism Corrected: rheumatism and neraliga Corrected: neuralgia i did not feel aney Corrected: any better thutCorrected:that yayCorrected:day but i red Corrected: read an hour the seckond Corrected: second night the third day i did not have a pain a roundCorrected:around me and i have got the book red Corrected: read once through all thoughCorrected:although i am botherd Corrected: bothered with my head yet esspeculy Corrected: especially on a [?] Unclear or illegible hot day i have got the cattarach Corrected: catarrh in my head all thoughCorrected:although i hope it will be re movedCorrected:removed in a short time after my head is all right i can count my selfCorrected:myself well i tell you if i could not get a notherCorrected:another book like it i would not take 5 hundred dollarsEditorial Note: $500.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $15,566.80 in 2022. for it ive Corrected: i've bee [?] Unclear or illegible n a member of the biptistCorrected:Baptist for 11 years and i never got so much good in that 11 years that i got in reading your book once through itsCorrected:it's getingCorrected:getting so now daysCorrected:nowadays that there is very little christianity in them and i have got so that i dont Corrected: don't care uniteing Corrected: uniting with them i hope to be a christian healer my selfCorrected:myself i am going to try and go in toCorrected:into Mr filberts class hes Corrected: he's the one that i got the book from the one i herd Corrected: heard the baptist minister preach on this tlext come un to me all yea that labor and are heavy laden and i will give you rest take my yoke up on you and learn of me for i am week and loly in hart and you shall find rest unto your souls for my yoke is eas [?] Unclear or illegible y and my burden is lightMatt 11:28 ¶Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matt 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. i use Corrected: used to think it was pretty hard to do when i see what little christianity there was in the church but when i red Corrected: read the book through i see how easy his yoke is and how light his burden is when i look in the right sence Corrected: sense of it whair everCorrected:wherever your book is it does so much good every bodeyCorrected:everybody that has it they tell how much good it does them the mormans Corrected: Mormons when they claim to heall Corrected: heal the sick they lay hands on the sick and annointCorrected:anoint thereCorrected:their heddsCorrected:heads with oil and a happy thought came over me and that was this that if Christ annointedCorrected:anointed thereCorrected:their heads with oil it was the oil of gladness that was light f Corrected: of life truth and love that is the kind of oil to an ointCorrected:anoint thereCorrected:their heads with thats Corrected: that's all the oil i be lieveCorrected:believe in i hope i will have good luck be tweenCorrected:between now and Winter that i can go in Mr filberts class all thoughCorrected:although i will take 1 hundred dollarsEditorial Note: $100.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $3,113.36 in 2022. in cash down and i hope i can make the money and i would like you to treat me once as i am poor [?] Unclear or illegible and dont Corrected: don't feel able to pay the money now and if you ever write and want some money i will try and send it to you please excuse poor writeing Corrected: writing this is from a friend of Mr filberts

Hyrum Reese
Council Bluffs
Iowa
No 1911
4th avenue

i believe a persen Corrected: person can be treated a way off as weell Corrected: well as neer Corrected: near as God is mind

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Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy $500.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $15,566.80 in 2022. $100.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $3,113.36 in 2022.