Article June 8, 1907 Issue

LETTERS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

with contributions from T. F. Tebbutt, Augusta E. Stetson

Bushire, Persian Gulf, May 5, 1907.

My Dear Mrs. Eddy:—I have been thinking the last few days that you would be glad to hear of the spread of Christian Science to these parts of the world, so well known in Biblical history. A little over five years ago I was appointed by the India Office in London to become an assistant superintendent under the Government of India, in this department, and was at once sent out to Arabia in charge of a submarine telegraph cable to be laid down between Southern Persia and Muscat in Arabia. About nine months before I left England I had become interested in Christian Science, and so of course I brought Science and Health out with me. On the very first day I landed at Bushire in Persia, one who has since become a good friend of mine became interested in Christian Science, and through him, a short time later, his father became interested, and is now a leading member of the newly established church in Johannesburg. At that time, five years ago, I was stationed here only about two months, and I feel sure that was the first introduction of Science and Health into Persia. Since then I have visited Arabia, Baluchistan, India, and Turkey, and have always taken Science and Health with me. On two occasions I have been up the river Shut-el-Arab almost to the junction of the two great rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, between which lies the land upon which the Garden of Eden is supposed to have flourished.

When I first came to the land of the Medes and Persians no one had ever heard of Christian Science, but now, in Bushire, every one knows of it, and several are deeply interested, to the extent of reading the Lessons daily and striving, to the best of their knowledge of Christian Science, to live up to it. We have many proofs of God's loving care and we are all most thankful for this great truth that you have revealed to us through the pages of Science and Health. The Journals and Sentinels which reach us weekly are always a tremendous help and comfort.

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