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NEW: We have been asked about a brief prayer attributed to Mary Baker Eddy. Sometimes its wording is given as “O divine Love, give me higher, holier, purer motives, self-abnegation, inspiration, and spiritual love.” Each of these women who served on Eddy’s staff have mentioned different versions of this prayer in reminiscences.

Find out what we know about this:

www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/did-mary-baker-eddy-say-it-give-me-higher-holier-purer-motives?cmpid=FB

📷©: From left: Lida W. Fitzpatrick, 1907. P06925; Janet T. Colman, n.d. P00472. L. W. Cook; Laura E. Sargent, n.d. P01552. Minnie B. Weygandt; Minnie A. Scott, 1907. P06932.

"A native of New Hampshire, a child of the Republic, a Daughter of the Revolution..."

-Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 341

"Citizens of the world, accept the 'glorious liberty of the children of God,' and be free!"

-Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 227

📷©: Courtesy of the Mary Baker Eddy Library

NEW: The Library has an extensive collection of photos featuring Mary Baker Eddy and her home at Pleasant View in Concord, New Hampshire. Learn about one of the photographers, and enjoy some of his photos, in our latest From the Papers article.

https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/from-the-papers-mary-baker-eddy-and-photographer-sereno-a-bowers/

📷©: Book: Pleasant View: Twenty Plates of the Home Surroundings of Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, 1894; Carte de visite: Mary Baker Eddy, November 26, 1891. P00007. Sereno A. Bowers; Two exterior views of Pleasant View, The Christian Science Journal, June 1893, 96. Sereno A. Bowers.

With summer comes state fair season in the US ☀️🎡. that the Concord State Fair grounds bordered Mary Baker Eddy’s home in New Hampshire? She attended the fair twice (pictured here riding her carriage on the grounds in 1901). And she particularly enjoyed watching the high diver on both her visits!

Eddy showed a great interest in the fair, donating money for its creation and for various philanthropic projects in the area.

Read how the Christian Science Sentinel covered Eddy’s visit to the 1901 state fair. https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/mnb4tna1ra?s=copylink

📷©: Mary Baker Eddy holding a parasol on a sunny day, Aug. 28th, 1901. W. G. C. Kimball. P00070.