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Letters to the Press
From Christian Science Committees on Publication
Oroville Mercury
Oroville Mercury
Oroville, California
The charge that Mary Baker Eddy plagiarized thirty-three pages from a document by Lieber (Letters to the Editor April 5) has an interesting history, though it is too long to tell here. (One professor used to assign the unraveling of the mystery to his college classes.) Actually, scholars and researchers have long since refuted the claim, and the alleged "document"—itself but twelve pages long—was concluded to have been plagiarized from Mrs. Eddy, not the other way around. For details, see Ordeal by Concordance by Conrad Moehlman, Longmans, Green and Company, 1955; and, Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Discovery by Robert Peel, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966.
When brief quotes from Mrs. Eddy are examined in their full context, her views are strikingly different from the mind-curists of her day. The mind-curists were often the first to recognize the difference. George Quimby, son of the mental healer with whom Mrs. Eddy's teachings are sometimes confused, wrote in 1908 that he believed Mrs. Eddy had "landed in prayer cure, pure and simple." Of his father's system, he added: "There were no prayers, there was no asking assistance from God or any other divinity."
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November 20, 1976 issue
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God's Business Is Our Business!
NATHANIEL RIDGWAY WHITE
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ALTITUDE
Anne Valma Holway
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The Success of Honesty
RICHARD A. NENNEMAN
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The Economy Is Servant, Not Master
JAMES SCOTT ROSEBUSH
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Handling Crises
THOMAS JOSEPH Mc CANN
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The Bible and Business
ALAN A. AYLWIN
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Wisdom in Planning
HAROLD F. BENNETT
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Gratitude Is Powerful
KATHERINE JANE NORTHRIDGE
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TESTIMONY MEETING
Stanley John York
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How I Turned to the Bible for Help
Elizabeth Baylog Read
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Gratitude, Not Grievance
Peter J. Henniker-Heaton
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The Business of Living
Naomi Price
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About sixteen years ago I awoke one morning, got my family...
Helen Loomer Ferguson with contributions from Mary F. Thompson
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"What is the truth about God and man? When will the Comforter,...
Edith Reid Lazenby
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Mere words cannot adequately express my gratitude for the...
Geil O. Geoghegan
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Letters to the Press
Robert W. Newell