Editing William R. Rathvon (section)

==Education and career==
Rathvon attended [[Franklin and Marshall College]] in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]<ref name="WeKnew" /> from 1870 to 1873. By the early 1890s he was in [[Colorado]] working as a successful businessman until he was wiped out financially in the [[Panic of 1893]].<ref name="WeKnew" /> Visiting Chicago soon after with his wife, they became acquainted with [[Christian Science]], and his wife turned to it for healing. He attended the [[Massachusetts Metaphysical College|Massachusetts Metaphysical College's]] primary class in 1903 and returned for the normal (teachers) class in 1907.<ref name="WeKnew" /> From 1908 to 1910 he was a corresponding secretary to [[Mary Baker Eddy]]. He remained active in the Christian Science church from that time on until his death, holding a number of positions: member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship (1911–18); editor, director, and treasurer of [[The Mother Church]]<!-- "The" is part of the name. --> (1918); and trustee of the Christian Science Benevolent Association and the [[Christian Science Pleasant View Home]] Association. He wrote for the ''[[Christian Science Journal]]'' and ''[[Christian Science Sentinel]]'', two of the church's periodicals. He also lectured on Christian Science, travelling extensively and he taught classes on the subject until his death in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], in 1939. He wrote "The Devil's Auction" in 1911, an allegory that has been widely copied, often with modifications, and used in sermons as "The Devil's Garage Sale", its origin assumed to be author unknown.<ref>[http://www.preachingtodaysermons.com/yaiijoovdi.html Introduction] "Yates II, John - Overcoming Discouragement", Preaching Today's Sermons. Retrieved January 13, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic1995-09-18 "The Devil's Garage Sale"] Franklin Road Baptist Church, Indianapolis, Indiana (September 18, 1995) Retrieved January 13, 2011</ref><ref>[https://jacobcherians.blogspot.com/2010/02/devils-garage-sale.html "Devil's garage sale"] Beyond the Sunday School blog. (February 4, 2010) Retrieved January 13, 2011</ref>