Article April 17, 1989 Issue

An appreciation of Mary Baker Eddy's efforts for humanity

Lucinda Baker Greiner

According to human standards, I was very young then, and my grandfather was very old.

"Grandpa, tell me about the day you met Abraham Lincoln!" I would plead, whenever I had opportunity. And he would tell me once again the story of that wonderful event in his own early childhood when Old Abe made a speech in the little town of Atlanta, Illinois.

"I was as close to Abe Lincoln as I am to you! I could have touched him. He looked at me and smiled."

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