From what I hear, I fear you are drifting away from Christian Science, especially on your sense of obligation growing out of the marriage covenant. Now dear one, any student misunderstands my tbooks and teaching who believes that she or he is not morally and christianly bound by the marriage vow to fulfil the claims it includes. I would not hesitate to trust your honesty and sincerity in fulfilling an agreement made with me, and it is of much more importance that you fulfil so sacred an obligation as the bridal vow.

Your recent notion that it is not your duty to love your husband and parentsEditorial Note: Edward G. Andrews and Susan M. Andrews more than any other fellow-beingsCorrected:fellow beings is preposterous. While I feel sure that your motives are sincere and your morals: sound, yet I am sure that it is wicked for you to entertain such beliefs, and contrary to my teaching of the present wisdom or practicality of such ultra means in Christian Science.

In my work "Science and HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy" I say "SThe nuptial vow should never be annulled so long as its moral obligations are kept intact". How can you mistake my meaning? This vow you (well know is understood to include all the claims that our laws legalize by this contract and which you have acknowledged and promised to fulfil, therefore this solemn pledge cannot be conscientiously broken except by mutual consent. I commend only this unity of consent.

Now dear one, take up your crossMatt 16:24 ¶Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. and bear it with woman's patience hope and prayer, that and God will give you wisdom and peace. Do this for the sake of your precious children husband and parents and for Christ's salke who taught us to obey the laws of the land in which we sojourn. It is your christian duyty to act on the basis that our dear MasterEditorial Note: Jesus Christ taught "Suffer these things to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousnessMatt 3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? Matt 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. ". [?] Unclear or illegible  What be he obsreved Corrected: observed on these [?] Unclear or illegible  grounds he knew were material and not spiritual rites and he saw the wisdom of this condecensionCorrected:condescension. Cannot you then trust otur Heavenly Father's promise "that all things shall work together for good to them that love GodRom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. "?

Let us hope that sometime your husband will think as you do on the subject that troubles you. Have more faith and wait patiently on the LordPs 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. ", The advice of lowving your loving parents who have more experience than their children, is of great importance; remember this. Also remember the commandment "Honor thy father and thy motherEx 20:12 ¶Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. , etc [?] Unclear or illegible  Not for the world would I have you break one of the [?] Unclear or illegible  commands in the Hebrew DecalogueEx 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, Ex 20:2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Ex 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Ex 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Ex 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Ex 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Ex 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ex 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: Ex 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: Ex 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Ex 20:12 ¶Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Ex 20:13 Thou shalt not kill. Ex 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. Ex 20:15 Thou shalt not steal. Ex 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Ex 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. , it would unfit you f [?] Unclear or illegible or a christian Science, it would darken your mind so that you could not comply with the requirements of Christ in healing the sick and casting out errorMatt 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. . We must take the beam out of our own eye before we can see clearly to cast the mote out of anothersMatt 7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Matt 7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Matt 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. .

Now dear student, rouse yourself from your present unnatural and unscientific belief on this subject, herein named, and pray that God to leave you not in this temptation but [?] Unclear or illegible  deliver you from evilMatt 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. .

Never notice the sentiments of those hot-headed Corrected: hotheaded students of Christian Science who talk foolishly on the subject of marriage. You have never seemed to [?] Unclear or illegible  quite understand all my teaching. Nothing should ever deter us from acting conscientiously for that is our individual right. But conscience tells us we must not be false to ourselves or to others. Cannot you see this? I seldom talk on these unpleasant quesytions, as you well know.

If you need help of a Christian Scientist Mrs. Munroe is a good woman and I hear does ggod Corrected: good healing. I cannot myself conduct your case you know I have not taken patients for many years and am out of practice.

This letter will do [?] Unclear or illegible  all that I can do for you