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“Such a change came over the household,” a family member wrote later. “We all felt ‘the angel of the Lord appeared and glory shone round.’”Abi was away at a fashionable resort, where the wealthy we...

Mary in 1867 Mary’s own life had two very different aspects as well: an inner spiritual force fueled by a Bible search that she would later describe as “sweet, calm, and buoyant with hope,” a...

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Image from an illuminated edition (1939) of Mary’s poem “Christ My Refuge.” year in the Lynn Reporter, and it gives readers some insight into what Mary may have been thinking during this peri...

former Unitarian minister her printer had previously recommended to help proofread her work, to again lend a hand. “I and my students greatly desire the first chapter of S & H to be introductor...

The Wentworth family welcomed Mary into their home in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Often, Mary went to meet her on her way home from school, and the two of them would walk across the fields to c...

This ring that George gave to his mother is made of several colors of gold from Dakota’s Black Hills. that of teacher as well as healer; it becomes a living power to uplift the whole human ra...

Mary’s course consisted of twelve lessons and cost $300—roughly equivalent to $5,000 today and quite a sum, considering it was about half the average annual income for shoe workers at that time. In...

Mary found that teaching students was like raising a family—her work was never done. She watched over her growing flock carefully, counseling and encouraging them in letters and in person. Mary...