Letters October 8, 1904 Issue

Letters to our Leader

with contributions from Albert E. Miller, John C. Ryan

Philadelphia, July 30, 1004.

Beloved Leader: — With a deep sense of gratitude for the manifold blessings which God has bestowed upon His people through your willing and faithful hands, I write to-day to tell you of the joy and gladness which dwells with your followers in this grand old city of brotherly love. Since its recognition of the fact that God's children in truth dwell together in unity, the church here has been greatly pros pered and the awakening interest in our Cause in this city bids fair to fill rapidly the gaps which have heretofore existed in our ranks. The work is now moving steadily forward. The sick are being healed and the hungry fed. The demand for your books in the various public libraries throughout the city indicates an awakening public interest in this blessed healing truth, which promises much for our future growth.

At our last Communion service, when for the first time in seven years all your followers in this city gathered around one table to commune with one Father, the joy and strength which the glad sense of God's presence imparted to each one, brought to mind these beautiful lines from one of our favorite hymns, written by Samuel Longfellow :—

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