As the author was preparing PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING for publication, more material about and by Malinda Elliott Cramer was revealed. Important in its own right, it had no strong connection with the subject matter of that book. Within a context that it deserves for your appreciation, the voice of Mrs. Cramer is clearly heard in this volume. Several different collections of materials from the period of 1899 through 1906 are provided for framework, context and exploration of original Divine Science teachings.
During this period Mrs. Cramer forged an important new relationship with Colonel Oliver Corwin Sabin of the Evangelical Christian Science Church and the Washington News Letter in Washington D.C.. Col. Sabin was a Christian Scientist who rebelled against the ways of the Mary Baker Eddy. In the immediate wake of these events Mrs. Cramer opened doors for his Reform Christian Science movement within New Thought as an early advocate of the activity he developed under the name Christology.
Further research revealed that Unity joined Divine Science in supporting Col. Sabin’s break with Mrs. Eddy’s Church in 1899. Writing a notice directly under the Unity banner and an essay under the pen name “Leo Virgo,” Charles Fillmore and company endorsed Bishop Sabin‟s activity in Unity. Col. Sabin, ever the marketeer, reprinted both the notice and the essay directly in his own Washington News Letter.
Once examined, the author determined that the previously veiled spiritual relationship between Mrs. Cramer and Bishop Sabin should be explored. Research centered on references from the popular literature of the day as well as Harmony for Mrs. Cramer in San Francisco and the Washington News Letter for Bishop Sabin in Washington.
For Mrs. Cramer 1905 truly was a capstone year. The full cycle of vitality, travel and forward thinking was her great joy, much as it had been for some eighteen years.
As the train arrived in Washington on a crisp January day Mrs. Cramer was ready to give this new audience her best in bringing Science to bear on their consciousness of the Divinity in their lives; and to share her “Christ Method of Healing.” It is the author’s great joy to recall for you—some 110 years later—this timeless fruit of Mrs. Cramer's noteworthy journey on earth.
Special Forewords are provided by Rev. Ruth Miller and Rev. Helen Carry.
As Rev. Ellen Jacobs, Minister, United Divine Freedom Church of the Healing Christ, New York, NY says, “THE CHRISTOLOGY CONNECTION is an extraordinary addition to the history of the New Thought movement. The personal testimonies and writings of Malinda Cramer, Oliver Sabin and others create a varied tapestry of personal spiritual relationships and experiences of these founders of the New Thought movement. Rev. Will’s book demonstrates that they practiced what they preached.”
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
May 13, 2015
THE CHRISTOLOGY CONNECTION: Malinda Cramer, Oliver Sabin and the Close of the Pioneering Era of New Thought
As the author was preparing PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING for publication, more material about and by Malinda Elliott Cramer was revealed. Important in its own right, it had no strong connection with the subject matter of that book. Within a context that it deserves for your appreciation, the voice of Mrs. Cramer is clearly heard in this volume. Several different collections of materials from the period of 1899 through 1906 are provided for framework, context and exploration of original Divine Science teachings.
During this period Mrs. Cramer forged an important new relationship with Colonel Oliver Corwin Sabin of the Evangelical Christian Science Church and the Washington News Letter in Washington D.C.. Col. Sabin was a Christian Scientist who rebelled against the ways of the Mary Baker Eddy. In the immediate wake of these events Mrs. Cramer opened doors for his Reform Christian Science movement within New Thought as an early advocate of the activity he developed under the name Christology.
Further research revealed that Unity joined Divine Science in supporting Col. Sabin’s break with Mrs. Eddy’s Church in 1899. Writing a notice directly under the Unity banner and an essay under the pen name “Leo Virgo,” Charles Fillmore and company endorsed Bishop Sabin‟s activity in Unity. Col. Sabin, ever the marketeer, reprinted both the notice and the essay directly in his own Washington News Letter.
Once examined, the author determined that the previously veiled spiritual relationship between Mrs. Cramer and Bishop Sabin should be explored. Research centered on references from the popular literature of the day as well as Harmony for Mrs. Cramer in San Francisco and the Washington News Letter for Bishop Sabin in Washington.
For Mrs. Cramer 1905 truly was a capstone year. The full cycle of vitality, travel and forward thinking was her great joy, much as it had been for some eighteen years.
As the train arrived in Washington on a crisp January day Mrs. Cramer was ready to give this new audience her best in bringing Science to bear on their consciousness of the Divinity in their lives; and to share her “Christ Method of Healing.” It is the author’s great joy to recall for you—some 110 years later—this timeless fruit of Mrs. Cramer's noteworthy journey on earth.
Special Forewords are provided by Rev. Ruth Miller and Rev. Helen Carry.
As Rev. Ellen Jacobs, Minister, United Divine Freedom Church of the Healing Christ, New York, NY says, “THE CHRISTOLOGY CONNECTION is an extraordinary addition to the history of the New Thought movement. The personal testimonies and writings of Malinda Cramer, Oliver Sabin and others create a varied tapestry of personal spiritual relationships and experiences of these founders of the New Thought movement. Rev. Will’s book demonstrates that they practiced what they preached.”