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Stimulated by his ideas and trying to relate them to her own biblical faith, Mrs. Eddy made some successful experiments in healing in 1864 which caused that year to stand out for her as a landmark...

to George Choate on March 3, 1880, linking him with Quimby’s devoted amanuensis, Emma Ware. Choate was at that time practicing Christian Science in Portland, and Mrs. Eddy wrote him to “get her tha...

He hoped to see a book of Quimby’s manuscripts published within 1883, he added, but the campaign would not wait on that. An article would appear in a Boston daily in a few days—“the Traveller first...

Five days later Dresser was back in the Post with a rebuttal, this time over his own signature: The undersigned is a quiet, humble citizen of Boston, who seeks no controv...

Patterson, followed his lead in disclaiming the term as applicable to him any longer. On the other hand, when she later became convinced that all mental suggestion was mesmeric in nature, it was lo...

situation even when many of the leading factors were unknown to her.37 An interesting example occurs in connection with the activities of Edward J. Arens.On January 9, 1883, Emma Ware, Quimby’s ama...

served on him, explaining that the court had not “decided in favor of the plaintiff.”45While the suit hung fire in August, 1883, Mrs. Eddy had written Colonel Smith in Washington:...

he caught some of ours; and both of us were pleased to say this to each other. He never claimed what others claim for him.53 On the whole, one...

Occasionally, when detailing a moment of dramatic struggle or suffering she was going through, he would change over to shorthand, to ensure privacy. Occasionally, too, he would use the diary as a s...