Adam H. Dickey, C.S.D.

Oil on canvas portrait by Linn Ball
Commissioned by Longyear Trustees, Longyear Museum Collection, AW0228

ADAM H. DICKEY, C.S.D.
After witnessing its healing efficacy in 1883, Adam Dickey of Kansas City, Missouri, became a student of Christian Science. He had Primary class instruction in Christian Science in 1896 with Henrietta E. Graybill, and entered the full-time practice of Christian Science in 1899. After studying under the Christian Science Board of Education with Edward A. Kimball in 1900 and 1901, he began teaching in 1901. Beginning in 1908, for almost three years he served as Mary Baker Eddy's confidential secretary at Chestnut Hill, and was awarded a C.S.D. degree (Doctor of Christian Science) in 1910. At Mrs. Eddy's request, he wrote the introduction to her last book, Poems, and she gave him the first copy off the press, personally inscribed. Mrs. Eddy also chose him to supervise the work of the committee working on the German translation of her book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, a task completed in 1912. In November 1910, Mrs. Eddy's last official request was to appoint Mr. Dickey a member of The Christian Science Board of Directors, a position he held for over fourteen years. He was Treasurer of The Mother Church from 1912 to 1917, and a Trustee under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy from 1913 to 1925. He is especially known for his articles "God's Law of Adjustment" and "Possession."

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