Article May 13, 1922 Issue

Letters from the Field

Caroline Laura Hesse

"Last Sunday, March 26, 1922, I returned refreshed, mentally and physically, from a four days' visit at the Christian Science Sanatorium, having taken advantage of the facilities offered there to the worker for quiet study and a complete change from daily routine.

"I am deeply grateful for the privilege of this experience, not only for the peaceful rest and study time, which alone would have meant much, but to a much greater extent for the opportunity to know from experience that there has been established, and that there is being maintained, here amid the turmoil of mortal existence, a human institution which is so consciously governed and controlled by divine Love that the qualities and attributes of Love are manifest in even the simplest service performed. Words are inadequate to describe the almost overwhelming sense of God's nearness, of peace, and of the sureness of His protecting power, which came to me the night of my arrival in this haven; and which still remains with me. Nor is it possible, adequately, to voice the enlarged sense of the scope and power of Christian Science to free mankind from its mortal beliefs, gained from the silent but eloquent lessons of the blessings and far-reaching results, evidenced throughout the place, and of the unselfed devotion and consecrated work which reveals an 'atmosphere of love divine.'

"The though has been voiced that the Christian Science Sanatorium is not being run according to the dictates of Christian Science; and that thought is being given only to the material care, comfort, and convenience of the guests. It is true that much thought is given to the comfort and requirements of each guest,—as it should be. It is likewise true that this does not in itself constitute the whole of Christian Science; nor would such thought alone carry out our beloved Leader's intent for this work; but, above and beyond all this necessary humanitarian kindness, there is, to the receptive thought, everywhere present evidence of the healing truth, which devout, unselfed, consecrated right thinking—as taught in Christian Science—alone can bring to human consciousness,—the truth which heals the sick, constructs anew the body, and purifies and strengthens the character.

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