Carol Norton
Carol Norton (1869-1904) was born in Eastport, Maine, and died in
Chicago, Illinois. He was a Christian Science practitioner, teacher, lecturer, church
spokesman, writer, and poet. He was raised Unitarian and was a cousin of the poet Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow. Norton lost both parents when he was a boy and moved to New York
City to live with an aunt and uncle. He took an interest in Christian Science after
being healed and devoted himself full time to its practice. He became an assistant to
Augusta E. Stetson, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, and by 1891 was an active worker at
the New York City Christian Science Institute. It was through Stetson that Norton met
Mary Baker Eddy, with whom he became a close friend. Norton joined The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1893. In 1894, he received seven
private lessons in Christian Science from Eddy, and two years later his name appeared as
a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal. He was invited
to and completed Eddy's Normal class in November 1898. Norton was a gifted speaker and
that same year was appointed by Eddy to become one of the first five lecturers on the
newly formed Christian Science Board of Lectureship. His lectures were often
standing-room-only events, sometimes held in huge venues such as New York's Metropolitan
Opera House and Carnegie Hall. In March 1901, he delivered "A Third of a Century of
Christian Science" at Cornell University. Twenty-five of his articles and poems were
printed in The Christian Science Journal between 1892 and 1904.
Eddy made Norton an honorary member of the Christian Scientist Association and the
National Christian Scientist Association. In 1901, Norton married Elizabeth Griffin and
the couple lived in New York for another two or three years and then moved to Chicago,
where Norton continued to serve the Church as a lecturer, traveling as far West as the
Pacific Coast. In addition to his lectures, Norton wrote various books and pamphlets,
including Woman's Cause (1895), The Christian
Science Movement (1899), The Christian Science Church: Its
Organization and Policy (1904), and Studies in
Character (1906, published posthumously).
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Carol Norton
Carol Norton (1869-1904) was born in Eastport, Maine, and died in
Chicago, Illinois. He was a Christian Science practitioner, teacher, lecturer, church
spokesman, writer, and poet. He was raised Unitarian and was a cousin of the poet Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow. Norton lost both parents when he was a boy and moved to New York
City to live with an aunt and uncle. He took an interest in Christian Science after
being healed and devoted himself full time to its practice. He became an assistant to
Augusta E. Stetson, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, and by 1891 was an active worker at
the New York City Christian Science Institute. It was through Stetson that Norton met
Mary Baker Eddy, with whom he became a close friend. Norton joined The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1893. In 1894, he received seven
private lessons in Christian Science from Eddy, and two years later his name appeared as
a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal. He was invited
to and completed Eddy's Normal class in November 1898. Norton was a gifted speaker and
that same year was appointed by Eddy to become one of the first five lecturers on the
newly formed Christian Science Board of Lectureship. His lectures were often
standing-room-only events, sometimes held in huge venues such as New York's Metropolitan
Opera House and Carnegie Hall. In March 1901, he delivered "A Third of a Century of
Christian Science" at Cornell University. Twenty-five of his articles and poems were
printed in The Christian Science Journal between 1892 and 1904.
Eddy made Norton an honorary member of the Christian Scientist Association and the
National Christian Scientist Association. In 1901, Norton married Elizabeth Griffin and
the couple lived in New York for another two or three years and then moved to Chicago,
where Norton continued to serve the Church as a lecturer, traveling as far West as the
Pacific Coast. In addition to his lectures, Norton wrote various books and pamphlets,
including Woman's Cause (1895), The Christian
Science Movement (1899), The Christian Science Church: Its
Organization and Policy (1904), and Studies in
Character (1906, published posthumously).
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