"Dear" because since we have found the "Way" in all its glorious possibilities, you have grown dear to us. I have just received this postal from Mrs Noyes, which I enclose as my recommendation - My heart seemed to open the way last fall, after writing my letter of inquiry, and I attended a course of lectures with Mrs N. She has done some beautiful work for our family, and I love to think of her as my guide into the rudiments. After my return home - I felt a great fear, which I could not control. also a darkness, and as I read God’s promises and in your golden BookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, it seemed all a jangle. I wrote Mrs N- and knowing when, she would probably give me a treatment, I possessed my soul in patienceLuke 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls. - and now I am all right - No case seems difficult, for there is no disease; that shines so clear now, that I wonder they do not rise healed. Yet I can see that if such was to be the case I would be forgetful of Micah's As Written: Micahs command to "walk humbly with thy GodMic 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? .
In thirteen treatments a young man who had never heard in one ear, has been restored to belief that the "new ear" is as good as the old one. An inebriate and slave of tobacco with stiff knee from rheumatism is one of my cases - Once or twice his knee has yielded As Written: yeilded to treatment, then gone back again. But with God all things are possibleMatt 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. ; and I do try to live as he would have me, so that my understanding may be increased. Christian Science is all new in our town, so I feel the importance of a special outpouring of Divine Love, that I may be not a Light, but a "burning and shining" light"John 5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. — "that he may read, who runsHab 2:2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. ." Christ's lamentation over JerusalemMatt 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! often comes to mind; So your work so full of promise, and your love, reaching out after the poor drugged people, and material Christianity, touches me with the same feeling - "Ye would notMatt 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! ." Mrs Eddy your reward can only come from the Father - no matter how hard the storm may beat about you, your house has a firm foundationMatt 7:24 ¶Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: Matt 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Luke 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: Luke 6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. eternal in heavenII Cor 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. - Thanking you for your courage and faith in spreading this gospel of peaceEph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; , and even thinking of " one of the least of theseMatt 25:31 ¶When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: Matt 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: Matt 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Matt 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Matt 25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Matt 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Matt 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? Matt 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Matt 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? Matt 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. " - I remain for Truth, and Love, and Life -
Student of a Student
This is hardly a "nice letter" - but it is a sincere one –