Nothing but necessity could have hindered my answering your dear letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. before. I am indeed the servant of so many that I have little time to call my own and to occupy as I would. Your goodness in loaning to me your dearest I shall never forget, and am trying to reward it by doing for "our" John the best that I can for time and eternity. O the amount that I see to be done for all, before Christian Science is established on the Rock 'gainst which the billows beat in vainMatt 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. – pen cannot tell. My labors are harder now than ever before; so much that is called genuine is found to be false, and so few that claim to heal the sick are proving this claim in its glorious manifestations. May God bless you in all and through all the changing scenes of earth, bless you in the highest meaning of spiritual joy.
| Accession: | L04393 |
| Editorial Title: | Mary Baker Eddy to Laura V. Lathrop, November 5, 1903 |
| Author: | Mary Baker Eddy |
| Recipient: | Laura V. Lathrop |
| Date: | November 5, 1903 |
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Nothing but necessity could have hindered my answering your dear letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. before. I am indeed the servant of so many that I have little time to call my own and to occupy as I would. Your goodness in loaning to me your dearest I shall never forget, and am trying to reward it by doing for "our" John the best that I can for time and eternity. O the amount that I see to be done for all, before Christian Science is established on the Rock 'gainst which the billows beat in vainMatt 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. – pen cannot tell. My labors are harder now than ever before; so much that is called genuine is found to be false, and so few that claim to heal the sick are proving this claim in its glorious manifestations. May God bless you in all and through all the changing scenes of earth, bless you in the highest meaning of spiritual joy.