N. Y. City,
Dec. 13th 1892
Your letterEditorial Note: Possibly L18012. sent through Mrs. Munroe is receivedAs Written:recieved. Dearest Mother when will you know your child? There is no one in this world that has your interest As Written: interist and welfare As Written: wellfare and that of the causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science. that God has given to the world through you as I, your own child has. I know more than you think I do, and see farther than you think I see, and some day my mouth will be opened and my limbs will be free and I shall be able to go forth by the strength of the Almighty to defend the cause of God and my Mother. But other work must first be done. The risen Mary must be manifest to herselfAs Written:her self, her own consciousness. And my dearest mother when you have demonstrated over those in your own household you have demonstrated over "the world, the flesh and the devilEditorial Note: Based on several Bible verses, the world, the flesh, and the devil have traditionally been regarded as three enemies of the Christian soul.". Oh! Mother do I not sympathize with you? do I not love you? and would I not "deliver my darling from the lions"? But God shut the mouth of the lionsDan 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. so if they do lay close around you, you cannot be bitten. I want to say to you that I am strong and all the powers of hell cannot prevail, against me – for there is no such power- and I do not care what the lie says, from any source, I shall stand in the strength of my Father Mother Love foreverAs Written:for ever. I know who my worst enemies are and can stand against them. You cannot be deceivedAs Written:decieved, I cannot be deceived As Written: decieved and "there is nothing hid that shall not be revealedLuke 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Luke 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. ". Love is greater than all and protects us. You are not alone! The All Power and Presence is with you and with me and we are conquerors through divine Love. Mary, the spiritual idea As Written: idia is not unknown for Love knows its own and the material and spiritual Mary cannot be mixed, confused nor confoundedAs Written:concounded. Now Dearest Mother, in the name of Love, do not give yourself unnecessary unease or suffering. I shall stay here until the proof is all out and goes to you and is returned. If you show or let the household know of this letter it will give me much more suffering. You have more and better lovers than you know.
