History
would seem to warrant the generalization that periods of great intellectual and spiritual activity have been preceded by periods of exploration and discovery, of invention and of expanding commerce; that is, by extraordinary material development.
Tradition
has it that once upon a time, for a single day, since civilization obtained a footing on this continent, the bed of the Niagara River was dry and the cliffs down which the mighty waters have since plunged without cessation stood forth naked and black and frowning and grim.
I am
an earnest student of Christian Science and an interested reader of the Journal and Sentinel, for which, by the way, I am under obligations to dear friends, who, by their practical application of the teachings of Christian Science, and their demonstration thereof, have compelled, in the mind of a former scoffing unbeliever, the conviction that Science contains an element which is generously conducive to that peace which passeth understanding, to harmony, love, happiness, and success; an element which seems to be rather conspicuously absent from man-made doctrines.
One
morning, while doing some work which I considered drudgery, I found relief from pain and weariness in this thought, "Whatever it is your duty to do, can be done without harm to yourself".
It has been some ten or eleven years since Christian Science was brought to my notice, my mother having been healed of a dreadful cough and rheumatism.
I have been thinking lately that it was time I should write to the Sentinel to tell something of the gratitude I feel for all that Christian Science has done for me.
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