Aug- 26th 1886 -
I fear our letters As Written: letter's are becoming an encumbrance As Written: incumbrance but I promised to give you information as to the meeting of last evening – Mr- Day - Mrs. Noyes, Mrs. Adams Mrs- Webster & Mrs. Larminie were present– Mr-Day had a letter from Miss Brown - in which she wanted to decline joining with us - but advised us of the importance of having someoneAs Written:some one who could take lead & seemed to infer no one of those proposed had ability– After reading this Mr- Day insisted upon Miss B. being President– but we had a ballotAs Written:ballet & the vote was unanimous for Mr- Day, President- Mr- B Sherman secretary & Mrs. Noyes Treasurer – they kindly proposed me for last office- but I declined in favor of older and more competent Students – hence As Written: hense all the business As Written: busyness was arranged satisfactorily- everybody As Written: every-body was lovely & not a note of discord anywhereAs Written:any-where – After the businessAs Written:busy ness was over I treated them all to a nice table of refreshments and they were all pleased. Mrs. L. & myself As Written: my-self treated them all, in ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science through the day and Oh! how beautiful is our glorious Science and how happy it makes me to see the cobwebs As Written: cob-webs swept away by the gentle zephyrs As Written: zephers of Truth. I never have the slightest As Written: slighest fear for the progression of Our Science - for the "Standard of Truth has arisen and error cannot scale it - and Truth slays its tens of thousandsI Sam 18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. – and "He has given us a pure language and we shall all speak it with one consent"Zeph 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent. -
So dear, patient One - if we all seem wayward and hard-headed children forgive us and love us – for we are coming out all right– and our enemy cannot pierce this coat of arms that God has given us –
My patient Mr- Libby was almost cured, he took a strange notion to go to Miss Brown- After she had treated him ten days - he came back almost wild and begged me to take him back and said the night before he had almost been driven back to Drs As Written: Dr's and medicine – I pitied As Written: pittyed him and handled Animal- magnatisme strong and quietly laid him in the Ark of Safety and I just left him sound asleep in the Library chair - God is good to His "little" children –
I trust all things will be well and may we all grow and prosper in Spiritual things and do honor to Him alway – and help us not to be a care and burden to you is my prayer –