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Mary Baker Eddy Library > From the Mary Baker Eddy Papers > From the Papers: “following the line of duty”

From the Papers: “following the line of duty”

June 17, 2019

In April 1884, Mary Baker Eddy wrote to a student about the importance of working for the Christian Science movement: “The duty also belongs to you as well as me, and we are only prosperous when following the line of duty” (V00811). Read more of this rousing letter on the Mary Baker Eddy Papers website.

Click below to access an annotated transcription of Eddy’s letter (it will open a new tab):

  • Mary Baker Eddy to Melinda H. Smith, April 16, 1884 (V00811)

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