A man who had been a Special Agent of the United States Treasury Department, worked for Thomas Edison's Telephone and Light Company, and had lived in both South America and Europe, Joshua Bailey had taken Primary class instruction from Mrs. Eddy in 1888. As the newly appointed Editor of the Journal, he was asked by Mrs. Eddy to take notes during both the 1889 Primary and Normal classes taught by her. A very small selection of the Primary class notes was published in her Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896 (pp. 279-282). Some additional notes from the same class, part of the Library's collection, are published below. A12065, courtesy of The Mary Baker Eddy Collection
We can't make ourselves whole and see our neighbor sick.
One God, one Mind, and love your neighbor as yourself. In this truth we are in the divine harmony. The loving of our neighbor as ourself is just as imperative as one God. Thou shalt love thy neighbor &c. Then we have only one interest, no divided interest. It is no longer "My interest," mine & thine, but it is ours.
