Accession: A11029
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy on her fall in Lynn, Massachusetts, and discovering Christian Science
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Scribe: Calvin A. Frye 
Annotator: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: Unknown
Manuscript Description: Handwritten on unlined paper by Calvin A. Frye (as Scribe) with corrections and edits in the handwriting of Mary Baker Eddy.
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In 1866 while residing in SwampscottAs Written:Swpscott MassachusettsAs Written:Mass. Mrs Eddy met with a severe accident that the physicians As Written: physicins pronounced fatal She was taken to her home on a mattressAs Written:mattrass & borne to her bed On [*]Archival Note: The following text has a vertical line through it. SundayAs Written:Suday morningAs Written:moring before services the Congregationalists clergyman whose church she attended to pray and to part [*]Archival Note: End vertical line. with her and would. [*]Archival Note: The following text has diagonal lines through it. When he called she met him in the lower hall at the outer door [*]Archival Note: End diagonal lines. After the Church service on learning that she was still living he called again and she met him at the outsideAs Written:ouside door in the lower hall He stood aghast at her presence. She tripped upstairsAs Written:up stairs with her usual alertness & the clergyman asked to know what it all meant. She replied "After you left me I asked for the Bible The shadows of the dark valleyPs 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. gathered around me but I could barely see enough to trace a scriptural As Written: scriptual passage which I regret to say I can'tAs Written:cant recall but it changed the scene. The midway between life & death was illumed As Written: illumid the Christ seemed As Written: seemd to have come to the fleshJohn 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. & quickened As Written: quicknd me into newness of lifeRom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. strength & vigor that I never As Written: nevr before knew I rose & walked into an adjacentAs Written:adjacnt room My friends were frightened As Written: frightnd at beholding As Written: beholdng me They thought I was dying when they left the room & begged to be allowed to remain As Written: remin with me.

From that hour dawned upon my consciousness the vision of Christian ScienceAs Written:Chrstn Scinc

A11029
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

The latter part of the year 1866 In February the early part of 1866 while residing in Lynn, SwpscottExpanded:Swampscott Mass.Expanded:Massachusetts Mrs Eddy met with a severe accident that the physicins Corrected: physicians pronounced fatal & was taken She was taken on fron to her home on a mattrassCorrected:mattress & borne to her bed On [*]Archival Note: The following text has a vertical line through it. SudayCorrected:Sunday moringCorrected:morning before his services the clergymn Corrected: clergyman of the Congregationalists [?] Unclear or illegible  Church clergyman whose church she attended called to see her to prayer with her & to part pray and to part [*]Archival Note: End vertical line. with her After his prayer and benediction including the and parting wo farewell he said "We shall probably never again meet here" & she replied cheerfully He then felt it was his duty to tell her frankly that she could not recover. She replied "If I am living call on me again after your services He promised her that he would. [*]Archival Note: The following text has diagonal lines through it. When [?] Unclear or illegible  he called she met him in the lower hall at the outer door [*]Archival Note: End diagonal lines. After the Church service omn learning that she was still living he called again and she met him at the ousideCorrected:outside door in the lower hall He stood aghast at her presence. She tripped up stairsCorrected:upstairs with her usual alertness & he asked the clergyman asked to know what it all meant. She replied "After you left me I asked for [?] Unclear or illegible  the Bible The dshadows of the dark valleyPs 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. gathered around me but I could barely see enough to trace a scriptual Corrected: scriptural pas [?] Unclear or illegible sage which I regret to say I cantCorrected:can't recall but it changed the scene. The midw [?] Unclear or illegible ay between [?] Unclear or illegible  life & death was illumid Corrected: illumed the Christ seemd Corrected: seemed to have come to the fleshJohn 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. & quicknd Corrected: quickened me into mewns newness of lifeRom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. strength & vigor that I nevr Corrected: never before knew I ro [?] Unclear or illegible se & went walked into an adjacntCorrected:adjacent room My friends were f frightnd Corrected: frightened at beholdng Corrected: beholding me They thought I was dying when they left the room & begged to be allowed to remin Corrected: remain with me.

From [?] Unclear or illegible  that [?] Unclear or illegible  hour hour dawned upon my consciousness the vision of Chrstn ScincExpanded:Christian Science

 
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