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A C HRONOLOGICAL REFERENCE TO MARY BAKER EDDY ’S BOOKS Miscellaneous Writings, 1883–1896 and The First Church of Christ, Scientist and Miscellany 1125 B OYLSTON STREET CHESTNUT HILL , M ASSACHUSETTS 02467-1811 A C HRONOLOGICAL REFERENCE TO MARY BAKER EDDY ’S BOOKS Miscellaneous Writings, 1883–1896 and The First Church of Christ, Scientist and Miscellany Copyright © 2004 by Longyear Museum. All rights reserved. Cover photograph: Michael D. Sylvester Design: Karen Shea Design Printing: Millennium Graphics FOREWORD When Mary Baker Eddy founded the monthly periodical The By October 11, she had submitted an application to copyright Christian Science Journal in 1883, she became not only its first editor the title, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany. Her but also its chief contributor across nearly three decades. Her work on the book, however, was interrupted by pressing demands: launching of the weekly Christian Science Sentinel in 1898 provided a barrage of newspaper attacks on her, beginning about two weeks her with a means of reaching the Christian Science field more later, the next friends suit March–August 1907, her move to quickly than she could through the Journal. Both the Journal and Chestnut Hill in January 1908, and her founding of The Christian Sentinel carried her messages of instruction, counsel, warning, and Science Monitor during the late summer and autumn. On August encouragement, ranging from notices to poetry, from sermons to 21, 1909, she set the compilation aside with the instruction that it open letters, from answers to questions to in-depth articles. was not to be opened or read during her lifetime without her con - Mrs. Eddy gathered and revised her articles for two antholo - sent. After her estate was settled, the volume was published on gies: Miscellaneous Writings, 188 3–1896 and The First Church of November 1, 1913. Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany. With regard to the latter, Mrs. Many readers of these two anthologies have found that consid - Eddy at first contemplated revising her earlier work Pulpit and ering her articles in the context of their first writing has brought Press to include material pertinent to the erection and dedication them fresh insights. To facilitate such research, in 1995 Longyear of The Mother Church Extension. The Extension was dedicated Museum published a list of the original publication dates of on June 10, 1906, and on July 30 she gave instructions for the articles in Miscellaneous Writings and Miscellany .1 Response to relevant material to be gathered. Several weeks later, she decided this publication was strong; the publication sold out, and requests instead to issue a new book that would also include her articles for reprints have come in ever since. since the publication of Miscellaneous Writings. 1 “An Historical Source Listing for Miscellaneous Writings, 188 3–1896 and The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany (1897–1910),” Quarterly News, Vol. 32, Nos. 2 & 3; 1995. 1 The current publication, A Chronological Reference to many months, keeping track of masses of details, gently reminding Mary Baker Eddy’s Books Miscellaneous Writings, 188 3–1896 of impending deadlines, and cheerfully crossing T’s and dotting and The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, is not a I’s all along the way; to Barbara Boenke, Rosemarie Francis, and republication of the earlier list, but presents Mrs. Eddy’s articles Catherine Hammond for checking and doublechecking references; alphabetically by title as well as by date of publication. to Jean Angier for coordinating design and printing. Special thanks Longyear Museum expresses its heartfelt thanks to readers go to Nina Maynard for her meticulous proofreading and helpful who have expressed a desire for a new reference work and to its suggestions; to Karen Shea for her elegant design, making the staff who worked on this project: to Cheryl Moneyhun, Assistant complex appear simple; and to Kurt Drescher for tackling the Director, Museum Collections, who compiled the original publica - printing and binding challenges. tion and who, when plans for the new publication occasionally Stephen R. Howard found themselves on the back burner, made sure that the flame Director • Curator never went out; to Ruth Weaver, who shepherded the project over 2 A NOTE TO THE READER Readers of Miscellaneous Writings, 188 3–1896 and The First Church Delving into the Journal s and Sentinel s of Mary Baker Eddy’s of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany often wonder when an article lifetime, I have seen how much care she took over her writing. It was first published. They may also be curious to know what Mrs. is fascinating both to see the timing of articles that I often study Eddy was doing at the time that she wrote an article or whether and the importance of articles with which I have previously been she revised an article. This reference guide provides an indispens - unfamiliar. The format of the guide drew me to the names of able first step for finding answers to these questions in an easy-to- articles new or pertinent to me, and I found joy in reading them. use format. The alphabetized title listing allows the reader to I learned that the earlier years of the Journal were filled with locate information about an article simply and quickly. The Mary Baker Eddy’s answers to questions both from the general chronological listing makes it possible to read or view public and from her students and members of her church. I the articles in the order that they first appeared. Looking at the discovered that from the 1890s much of Mrs. Eddy’s correspon - historical context can provide a fresh approach to exploring them. dence in the Journal took the form of letters to branch churches Late in 2003 I was given the task of coordinating and worldwide. I learned that Mrs. Eddy’s words were published in the compiling the data in this reference work. This provided me the periodicals every single year from 1883 through 1910. I studied privilege of working closely with this information and seeing the her strong and timely responses to attacks on her church and value of this guide. Working on this project has brought me to understood better the overall context of these articles. I tracked love and appreciate these two anthologies and the early Sentinels the changes made to some pieces, whether it was in title or in and Journals . content, seeing that Mrs. Eddy constantly strove to communicate her message with beauty, precision and power. Ruth Weaver Research Assistant Curatorial Department Longyear Museum 3 USING THIS REFERENCE WORK Title List: Look up the title of an article for which you would like MW — Miscellaneous Writings, 1883–1896 to find the date and place of publication. A typical entry reads: My — The First Church, of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany ằ — Reprinted Love MW 249 J 3:25 (May 1885) S — Christian Science Sentinel (named The Christian Science Weekly This entry tells us that Mrs. Eddy’s article “Love,” appearing in from September 1, 1898, through January 19, 1899) Miscellaneous Writings, page 249, was first published in the Alphabetizing: Titles are alphabetized by word, not letter. Journal, volume 3, page 25, May 1885. Examples: Chronological List: Consult this list to learn which articles Mrs. After the change Eddy was writing at a particular time. Article titles are arranged by Afterglow year, then volume and page of the Journal and Sentinel. Here is a and typical chronological entry: Is there 1886 Isle of Wight Punctuation is ignored; for example: J 3:175 (Jan 1886) The Cry of Christmas-tide MW 369 Address at This entry tells us that in the Journal, volume 3, page 175, January Address before 1886, may be found Mrs. Eddy’s article “The Cry of Christmas- Address, — Laying the Corner-stone tide,” appearing in Miscellaneous Writings, page 369 . Address on Abbreviations: At the bottom of each page will be found a list of Address to abbreviations used in the guide. They are: Titles beginning with the articles “A,” “An,” and “The” are J — The Christian Science Journal (named Journal of Christian alphabetized according to the next word (thus, “A Benediction” is Science from April 1883 through March 1885) listed under “Benediction, A”). Note that the Latin title “A Cruce 4 Salus” is alphabetized under its first word, A (see Latin Titles, Combined articles: Portions of some articles were printed at dif - below). Exception: the question on page 68 of Miscellaneous ferent times. Line and page numbers are given to clarify such arti - Writings, beginning “The Rev. — said,” is listed under “The” . cles. For instance, there are two entries for the article “Other Ways Numerals are treated as though spelled out: “Communion, than by War”: 1904” is alphabetized as “Communion nineteen hundred Other Ways than by War My 277:1–23 J 16:45 (Apr 1898) and four.” Other Ways than by War My 278:1–14 J 16:77 (May 1898) The Bible texts for Mrs. Eddy’s sermons collected under (As Mrs. Eddy Views It) “Bible Lessons” are arranged alphabetically under the heading The first entry indicates that the portion appearing in Miscellany, “Bible Lessons.” The texts have been abridged. p. 227, lines 1 through 23, originally appeared in the Journal, vol. Questions from the chapters “Questions and Answers” in 16, page 45, April 1898. The second entry tells us that the portion Miscellaneous Writings and “Questions Answered” in Miscellany are appearing on page 278, lines 1 through 14, first appeared in the occasionally abridged. If a question contains a two-part question, Journal, vol. 16, page 77 (May 1898) and was titled “As Mrs. Eddy the list usually includes only the first question.