Letters December 18, 1909 Issue

LETTERS TO OUR LEADER

with contributions from Stokes Anthony Bennett, Mary Baker Eddy, Charles B. Jamieson, M. Louise Baum, M. D. Capps, Emma Kinney, Alfred E. Grindrod, Committee for the meeting, Margaret Beecher White

Riverside, Cal., Dec. 9, 1909.
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, Brookline, Mass.

Beloved Leader:—When my eyes fell upon your letter to the board of trustees of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York city, as republished in the Sentinel Dec. 4, this thought came, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." When, in subsequent columns, I tasted of "firstfruits," I said in my heart, "Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you today."

Nothing has strengthened me like the recently published by-laws, the letters passing between The Mother Church Directors and the trustees in First Church, New York, and your trumpet-call of Nov. 13, above referred to. When I tell you that the past three years have striven to fill my experiences with bitterness and defeat because of "personal contagion," because of a seeming endeavor to exalt and worship personality rather than Principle, you will understand why I am so relieved and renewed today; why I praise God for a fearless, wise, and loving Leader,—the apostle of Truth in this age,—who joys in pointing to the straight and narrow way in which she has walked for forty years and has been blessed.

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