Invocation To 1868

Manuscript Description: Handwritten poem by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined paper from Swampscott, Massachusetts.

Archival Note: Mary Baker Eddy has added metamarks that look like Xs at several points throughout the document.

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Invocation
To 1868

FatherEditorial Note: God of every As Written: evey age Of every rolling sphere Help us to write a deathless page Of truth this dawning year

[*]Archival Note: A metamark that looks like an X appears at this point in the manuscript. To thine all-wise behest Help us to humbly bow [*]Archival Note: A metamark that looks like an X appears at this point in the manuscript. Whatever the gift of joy or woe As Written: wo Knowing thou knoweth best

Aid our poor soul to sing Above the tempest's glee Give us the eagle's fearless wing The dove's to mount to thee

All merciful and good Hover our homelessAs Written:home less heart Give us each day our daily foodMatt 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. Luke 11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread. In knowing what thou art

Swampscott MassachusettsAs Written:Mass. Jan. 1st

[*]Archival Note: There is a vertical line drawn through the following text:There will be a lecture at Frazier's As Written: Faziers Hall on Tuesday Evening next to commence at 8 o'clockAs Written:o c by Mrs. Mary M. Patterson

Subject The science of man in which she will give a scientific explanation of the power our own intelligence holds over matter and the process by which palsied limbs can be made to walk et ceteraAs Written:&c

Tickets 25 ctsEditorial Note: $0.25 in 1868 is the equivalent of $4.56 in 2020. to be had at the door

[*]Archival Note: The following text is written upside down:The world cannot know me I'm As Written: Im hid from their view But the harp stringAs Written:harp-string untouched can its music renew And fill with some presence the room where I sit Where And loving look for the coming of it Oh what were the

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Invocation for
To 1868
For the New Year

FatherEditorial Note: God of evey Corrected: every age Of every rolling s [?] Unclear or illegible phere Help us to write a deathless page Of truth this dawning year

[*]Archival Note: A metamark that looks like an X appears at this point in the manuscript. To thine all-wise behest Help us to humbly bow [*]Archival Note: A metamark that looks like an X appears at this point in the manuscript. To thy divine behest Before thy wise Whatever thye gifts of joy or wo Corrected: woe Knowing thou knoweth best

Aid our poor soul to sing Above the tempest's glee Give us the ealgle's fearless wing The dove's to mount to thee

All merciful and good Shelter Hover our home lessCorrected:homeless heart Give us each day the our daily foodMatt 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. Luke 11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread. To know thee as thou art In Of knowing what thou art

Swampscott Mass.Expanded:Massachusetts Jan. 1st

[*]Archival Note: There is a vertical line drawn through the following text:There will be a lecture at Faziers Corrected: Frazier's Hall on Tuesday Evening next to commence next to commence at 8 o cExpanded:o'clock Subject by Mrs. Mary M. Patterson

Subject tThe science of man in which she will give a the scientific explanation of the power our own intelligence holds over matter and the process by which the palsied limbs can be made to waklk &cExpanded:et cetera and the matter the noumena explained

Tickets 25 ctsEditorial Note: $0.25 in 1868 is the equivalent of $4.56 in 2020. to be had at the door

[*]Archival Note: The following text is written upside down:The world cannot know me Im Corrected: I'm hid from its their view But the harp-stringCorrected:harp string untouched can its music renew And fill with one some pre [?] Unclear or illegible sence the room where I sit [?] Unclear or illegible Where And loving look for the coming of it Oh what were the

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God A metamark that looks like an X appears at this point in the manuscript. A metamark that looks like an X appears at this point in the manuscript. There is a vertical line drawn through the following text: The following text is written upside down: $0.25 in 1868 is the equivalent of $4.56 in 2020.