Accession: V00843
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to Albert B. Dorman, October 10, 1884
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Recipient: Albert B. Dorman 
Date: October 10, 1884 - archivist estimate
Manuscript Description: Letterpress copy of a letter handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy.
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My dear Student

Your letterEditorial Note: See 402.51.018. came duly I rejoice you rec'd mineEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. at the time you did. Now dear, your experience is interesting and I take my moments to write you that I cannot easily spare, to help you to profit most by it, and make no mistakes. science rules out the slightest mistake or that mistake rules out science, remember. Here let me correct you. The experience you are undergoing is from both a right and a wrong source The sudden growths you take are the seeds I sowed in the unconscious thought springing up now to become apparentAs Written:apparant to consciousness.

Your views before you entered the class I knew at the time you named them, were clairvoyance, a state of the awakened mortal thought to higher possibilities of its own, not of the immortal. You did not understand enough when you named it for me to explain the phenomenon to you there. Now you can and will understand it, if the wrong source named above, does not pour in the lie of making every one turn aside from doing justice to me and claim what I alone have been by God disciplined and commissionedAs Written:commisioned to utter first to this age. If this error is not seen and silenced it will mislead you You are welcome to my thoughts but you must give credit, render to Ceasar and to GodMatt 22:15 ¶Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. Matt 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Matt 22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? Matt 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Matt 22:19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. Matt 22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? Matt 22:21 They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto C
æsar the things which are C
æsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
Matt 22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. Mark 12:13 ¶And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the
Herodians, to catch him in his words.
Mark 12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? Mark 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. Mark 12:16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cæsar’s. Mark 12:17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cæsar the things that are C
æsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.
Luke 20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: Luke 20:22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no? Luke 20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Luke 20:24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar’s. Luke 20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be C
æsar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
Luke 20:26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
honestly! The ego was lost to me when I found scienceEditorial Note: Christian Science, so far that I did for others more than I could ask them to do for me and healed for my first student without letting the community know that I did it. I had started the work in all its branches before I saw that others could traduce it by not renouncing selfishness at the outset

Yours affectionately
M B G Eddy
V00843
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
My dear Student

Your letterEditorial Note: See 402.51.018. came duly I rejoice you rec'd mineEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. at the time you did. Now dear, your experience is interesting and I take my moments to write you that I cannot easily spare, to help you to profit most by it, and make no mistakes. science rules out the slightest mistake or that mistake rules out science, remember. Here let me correct you. The experience you are undergoing is from both a right and a wrong source The sudden growths you take are the seeds I sowed in the unconscious thought springing up now to become apparantCorrected:apparent to consciousness.

Your views before you entered the class I knew at the time you named them, were clairvoyance, a state of the awakened mortal thought to higher possibilities of its own, not of the immortal. You did not understand enough when you named it for me to explain the phenomenon to you there. Now you can and will understand it, if the wrong source named above, does not pour in the lie of making every one turn aside from doing justice to me and claim what I alone have been by God disciplined and commisionedCorrected:commissioned to utter first to this age. If this error is not seen and silenced it will mislead you You are welcome to my thoughts but you must give credit, render to Ceasar and to GodMatt 22:15 ¶Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. Matt 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Matt 22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? Matt 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Matt 22:19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. Matt 22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? Matt 22:21 They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto C
æsar the things which are C
æsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
Matt 22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. Mark 12:13 ¶And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the
Herodians, to catch him in his words.
Mark 12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? Mark 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. Mark 12:16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cæsar’s. Mark 12:17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cæsar the things that are C
æsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.
Luke 20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: Luke 20:22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no? Luke 20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Luke 20:24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar’s. Luke 20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be C
æsar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
Luke 20:26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
honestly! The ego was lost to me when I found scienceEditorial Note: Christian Science, so far that I did for others more than I could ask them to do for me and healed for my first student without letting the community know that I did it. Until I had started the work in all its branches before I saw that others could traduce it by not renouncing selfishness at the outset

Yours affectionately
M B G Eddy
 
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