Article February 20, 1902 Issue

The New Rest

BY V. B.

Some six years ago, when the discords of material existence were closing about me, at times almost strangling any desire I might have to live, a good friend advised me to buy Science and Health, which I did. Soon a new conception of life began forming in my thought and manifesting itself from day to day. I was extremely fond of dancing, but ere long, I found more happiness in reading Science and Health than attending balls; the theatre lost its attraction, and the taste for wine was destroyed. My old friends and my family were not in sympathy with me. I passed through a period of loneliness that was akin to disease, until I gained enough understanding to meet it, and to feel the presence of the Comforter. Many sins are left behind, many are still to overcome. As I journey onward, at times the clear glow of Truth lighting my pathway, at times the dark shadows of mortal thought falling upon me, I have this abiding faith: "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers. they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour." Even when all seems dark, I can sing praises, because of the hope within me. In this thought I find a new rest.

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