Boston, Mass., Sept. 13, 1908.

Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, Brookline, Mass.

Beloved Leader:— I wish to thank you, in behalf of the congregations as well as myself, for the beautiful roses which you so thoughtfully and lovingly provided for today's services in The Mother Church. Announcements were made to both congregations that the flowers were your gift; and I am sure that all enjoyed them as flowers and appreciated them as your gift. I certainly did.

During the last three months the attendance at the services and meetings in The Mother Church has been very good, and the audience have been earnest and attentive. Persons have been present from Australia, Philippine Islands, Panama, Canada, England, Germany, France, Greece, and South Africa. With few exceptions the testimonies at the Wednesday evening meetings have been prompt, concise, and convincing. They have been the subject of much favorable comment.

At these meetings many persons have expressed their gratitude to you in memorable ways. The instance which most impressed me was this: A gentleman whose healing from sickness and sin was itself remarkable, said that for years before he finally turned to Christian Science he was critical, hostile, and even bitter toward you. And he said that when correct information had changed his attitude toward you, and Christian Science had healed him, his uppermost thought was that during all the years when he was thinking and speaking evil of you, your work was making his healing possible. With love and gratitude, I am

Sincerely yours,

Clifford P. Smith.

Providence, Aug. 6, 1908.

Dear Mrs. Eddy:—The last By-law, another evidence of your unceasing vigil and loving care, brought anew such a deep sense of "quietness and confidence" that I cannot resist sending my love and gratitude, though the written word may not reach you. Day by day your teaching and example enable me to overcome the seeming. My desire is to live the life of one who follows Christ. I marvel at your steadfast standing, your clear sight, and your pure thought giving help to all,—the result of dwelling in "the secret place." With grateful love,

Frances Prentice.

Kansas city Mo., Aug. 6, 1908.

Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, Brookline, Mass.

Dear Mrs. Eddy:—I am only one of the legion healed through your inspired writings, and would like to add my mite of gratitude. Christian Science brought to a barren consciousness hope,—the star of Bethlehem shining in the midnight darkness,—a beacon of promise, appearing ever brighter as the pilgrim leaves behind the shoals of sin and pain and nears the shore of spiritual understanding. I want to thank you for your beautiful verses in "Miscellaneous Writings," page 396, entitled "Christ my Refuge." They are indeed jewels of comfort, a "Peace, be still" to at least one sea of unrest. To follow "in his steps," with love and obedience to our dear Leader, is my daily prayer; thus would I pay my debt to you.

Most gratefully yours,

Nancy Crane.

Coldwater, Mich., Aug. 31, 1908.

Dear Mrs. Eddy:—I want to thank you for those helpful lines added on page 200 of your latest edition of Science and Health. For years I was in bondage to sin and suffering, and a belief that Christ was dead (not understood); but through the discernment of the "scientific line of demarcation between Truth and error" (Science and Health, p. 586), which you have so plainly shown to us in all your writings, I have been free for fifteen years, by clinging to this as my life-line. Command me, dear Leader, for I am at your service, and am determined to know more of "Jesus Christ and him glorified," through adherence to divine Principle, and the rules given us in your immortal book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." Believe me, gratefully and lovingly,

Your student's student,
Mrs. Belle W. Stowe.

Boston, Mass., July 15, 1908.

Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Beloved Leader and Teacher:—Again I see the advance in our Cause manifested by the repeal of Article V. of the Church By-laws. I am specially thankful for the privilege of doing a slight service each week at our Roxbury church. You are showing us how the truth may be upheld and lived. All who have become spiritually awakened see that a quiet mind, adherence to Principle, and love for our fellows, constitute a bulwark of character that is unshakable, and that from these individuals thus quickened our mighty Cause is being upbuilded. On page 255 of "Miscellaneous Writings" is written, "Man should be found not claiming equality with, but growing into, that altitude of Mind which was in Christ Jesus." This encourages me to try.

Sincerely your student,
Bert Poole.

Philadelphia, Pa., June 29, 1908.

Beloved Leader:—Only a deep desire to express our grateful recognition of your untiring labors could induce me to trespass upon your time. It is an added incentive to more earnest effort to know that you deem your followers ready to receive the advanced spiritual unfolding indicated in your "A Word to the Wise," and by the changes in and additions to the By-laws. We gladly see in all these the rapidly appearing mile-stones along the way to the goal implied by Paul when he said, "But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away." That we may be readily receptive of all you may be led to give us, is the earnest desire of my good wife and myself. We are one in loving gratitude.

Thankfully your follower,
C. H. Fahnestock.

Boston, Mass., July 30, 1908.

Dear Mrs. Eddy:—I come from Manila, and being in Boston I feel that I cannot go away without sending you a few words of love. Just before leaving Manila, I had occasion to be deeply grateful to God, and to you, His messenger, for the practical help of Christian Science. A little child was badly scalded on his head and face, also the chest and back. The father said he thought the boy would go into convulsions, but the mother at once asked for Christian Science treatment. She said that in ten minutes after she got home the child went quietly to sleep. He slept all night and in the morning wakened and said, "Why, mamma, I am all well." The father said that of course the child would be marked for life, but in less than a week one could not tell which side of the face had been burned, and after the first treatment there was not the slightest pain. My heart went out in such gratitude to you that your work had made such a thing possible.

I have been in Europe for two months, and in all the beautiful art which I saw, two pictures interested me very much. I am sure you are familiar with the first one by Botticelli, "Tobias and the Angels," in which the child Tobias has gone out to find something to heal his blind father and meets the three angels, who tell him they will go with him, and that his father will be healed; but did you know that Rembrandt took up the story and finished it? His picture hangs in the Louvre, and it is called "The Angel Leaving Tobias." The father's sight has been restored, and he is kneeling in a most reverent attitude. The angle is ascending, and all the light in the picture comes from him, falling on the group. Little Tobias looks up in amazement, for he did not know it was an angel that had been with him. Then I turn to your definition of angels, "God's thoughts passing to man" (Science and Health, p. 581), and think what Truth is doing for the human race to-day. A case of total blindness was healed by Christian Science while I was in Paris.

After the cathedrals of Europe,—the one at Milan, and Notre Dame, and others,—I come to The Mother Church, in its beauty and simplicity, with a sense of inexpressible thankfulness. It was built by people who have been healed of sin and disease.

With devoted and grateful love,
Anna M. Campbell.

Cotulla, Texas, July 8, 1903.

Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, Brookline, Mass.

Dear Leader:—It is with a heart full of love and gratitude that I write to tell you that the sick are healed, the lame walk, the drunkard forsakes his cups, the tobacco-user ceases to smoke, he that profaned God's holy name swears no more, and the poor have the gospel preached to them; the Bible is being read and searched to see if these things be so, and God's name is honored and glorified here in this place. Church people are becoming more tolerant, and prejudice is giving way to a more liberal feeling toward Christian Science. It is a pleasant task to preach Christian Science, though ofttimes there is but the lone listener. The truth heals, and God sets His seal on the sermon by healing the sick. One demonstration of the truth gives me more joy and satisfaction than the sermons preached in years of ministerial career in the old thought. When we speak the truth to error and it disappears, we have the blessed assurance that the Master is with us, and the ancient promise is fulfilled, "Lo, I am with you alway." Surely the kingdom of God is among men.

Yours in gratitude and love,
Matt Russell.