Testimony of Healing September 10, 1904 Issue

One day a few weeks ago I entered the street car in a...

E. H.

One day a few weeks ago I entered the street car in a very sad state of mind. It seemed I had worked and preached all in vain to dull ears. I felt as if I could have cried out as Jesus did, "Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ... how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not."

As I entered the car I passed a lady who was holding a baby on her lap, and beside her was a little girl with a wide brimmed hat. I sat down next to the little girl, taking no notice of any one in the car. I glanced up, however, and noticed the baby who was stretching its little neck to get a glimpse of me. The broad-brimmed hat of the little girl hid me from the little one's view, so I also leaned forward to look at the dear sweet face. I saw a face of heavenly beauty, beaming with sunny smiles into mine. The whole car, it seemed to me, was changed into a holy place; so pure and inspiring was the atmosphere every one felt it, and there was a smile on every face. Sorrow fled from my thought when the little one's message of love reached me. God had sent it to me, it was this, "And infinite Love is reflected in love" (Science and Health, p. 17). I then saw that my labors were not in vain, and I needed to learn that I could "hardly afford to be miserable for the faults of others" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 224).—E. H., Cleveland, O.

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