Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20

stranger ana a perfect lady to boot?"
inquired Mr.. Quinlby. mo? Well, l
have" he added land I have written
letter to The World in which my emo
lions are painted in modest and be-
coming colors."
Serious at the next instant Mr.
QuinLby stepped to his open safe, UNI
locked a secret compartment, drew out
package of letters and placed 1t in
the hands Of his visitor.
"If Senator Chandler, by due pro-
cess Of law, compels me to testify as to
the true origin of Mrs. Eddys. So
called science I am ready to tell the
whole truth" said he. "You hold in
your hand" he added, impressively,
"the fourteen letters written by Mrs.
| Eddy-then Mrs. Patterson--to my
father, Phineas Quimby. You can open
and read them and judge offtheir sig-
nif1cance for yourself"
Each OF the fourteen letters was
written In the characteristic hand of
Mrs Eddy as it appears in all the au-
thenticated documents from her pen.
Nothing was lacking In the eccentric
shadtngs and odd pen strokes to clearly
establish the authentiey of these let
ters, faded with the bleach of forty
years, and yet as legible in every word
as fresh print.
The first letter was written to Phin-
cas- p. Quimby by Mrs Eddy--or Pat
terson-from New Hampshire. In sub
stance it tells of her Illness and physic-
al suffering; of her failure to gain
benefit from medical treatment and OF
the hope aroused In her heart by the
promise Of relief held out II her by
his science OF mental healing
This letter antedates her first meet
ing with Phineas Quimby; the Others
We're written at various times cover
ing a period of three years after she
had returned to her home completely
cured" by his ministrations.
Not All Grammatical.
In high fiownl Language tangled and
sadly ungrammatical she describes
the new life, which the science of mem
tai healing has given to her; how body
and mind and nerves are at rest; how
she Is no longer an invalid, but
healthy woman who can eat any
thing" without resulting distress. and
how bodily weakness and spiritual de-.
preston have given place to- strength
and courage.
Occasionally she encounters trouble.
Separated from her teacher, she
sometimes relapses into nervousness.
according to her letters, and is tor
tured with doubts and fears and all
sorts Of physical palms. In one letter
she begs Quimby to administer alb
sent treatment, writing: In your
omnipotence come 20 me at 9 certain
hour every day.
Again, she pleads that these "angel
visits are all essential to her well
being; that by these "angel visits
Quimhy, the teacher she reverences,
upholds her sorely taxed strength
Finally, the letters show that Mrs,
Eddy. or; Patterson, has decided to de-
vote her life to the work OF teaching
the Quimby science Of mental healing
She writes him as the great MASTER
and declares that she IS striving to
make her life perfect" in order to
carry on the great work OF spreading
the wonderful truths discovered by
him. Again, she writes the details OF
her first public lecture as q teacher Of
Quimbyism, describing, the audience as
livery SIIlulL--Oilly a lew PCOP1S. fffsaesti
But there is no note 5of discoura ge-
ment in this letter. On the contrary,
she writes in hopeful vein to let her
teacher know that "altho the audi
ence was small, the interest was in
tense
In other, letters she asks for advice
in specific cases in which she is playing
the role of healer. SHE writes of a
nephew who is under her treatment to
break the smoking habit''fas she puts
it, and OF her alarm and perplexity.
II want to tell you, my teacher,
strange thing runs the remarka BILE
letter in substance, my nephew is
yielding to treatment; the inclination
for tobacco is leaving him, but !, the
healer, am tortured with a desire to
smoke oh, come to my assistance.
Turnout the correspondence two facts
are brought out and emphasized by
frequent reiterat ions--namely that
Phineas A.. Quinnby was revered by the
writer as the discoverer and teacher Of
mental healing, and that the writer's
ayowed purpose was to spend her life
in spreading the Quimby science.
There are other documents in Mr..
Quimby's possession OF which no de-
tailed mention can be made at this
time, that will create a widespread sem
sation.