Your kind letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. and dispatches were thankfully received and my health since that time has prevented my answering you. When I wrote you first my state of health was so much better than for six or seven years and I felt that I could soon begin some kind of work

Now that my nervous system has so completely given way again I suppose I will have to give up all thought of any such usefulness. My Father is not much in favor of your plan of healingEditorial Note: Christian Science though he is perfectly ignorant of what it embraces

He has very serious lung trouble and I was so anxious to be perfectly whole and be able to heal him but if I may not I guess I must be content. With many thanks for your prompt answer I remain