Letters from the Field

with contributions from Margaret A. L. Nowell, Ernest G. Lorenzen, Sara T. Watson

"After a stay of three weeks in our beautiful Sanatorium, I cannot help expressing my great joy in, and my gratitude for, the work of The Christian Science Benevolent Association.

"It is impossible to find words adequate to express the peace and spiritual unfoldment that came to me in that atmosphere of loving cooperation. I am greatly impressed with the promptness and efficiency of the service that is so lovingly, patiently, and joyously given in every direction. I am so grateful for the beautiful services, and the healing that is being manifested all the time.

"No one who has not had the privilege of experiencing it can realize what it means to find a place where the effort is to make Love's government an actuality. Truly this seems to me to be a foretaste of heavenly harmony; and I know that this evidence of good-will to men radiates all over the world. I went there for rest and recreation from family cares; and I can never tell how much more than these came to me. It is my earnest desire to bring out, wherever our Father may set me to work, something of the practical, operative Christianity I saw there.

"I am sending a small donation as a tangible evidence of my great gratitude. I should like to feel it will help some one who needs it to find healing on that beautiful hilltop.

(Signed) "Margaret A. L. Nowell, Boston, Mass."

"I just want to send a word of appreciation and gratitude for the benefits which I have received from The Christian Science Benevolent Association, whose guest I was for two weeks. Being in great need of rest and a change of scene, I was delighted to find the portals of the Sanatorium wide enough to permit my admission. From my experience within its walls, I feel confident it is indeed a haven of rest. The stay there has done me a world of good; and, as a result of it, I feel more eager than before to exemplify the teachings of Christian Science in my living. The harmony and quiet beauty expressed, and above all the kind and loving thoughts of all associates and guests, made upon me a deep impression, and will remain for me an abiding inspiration.

(Signed) "Ernest G. Lorenzen, New Haven, Conn."

"My heart is overflowing with gratitude for the help received during my week's stay in the Christian Science Sanatorium. I found there all I sought, and more. The beautiful reflection of Love through every channel was truly inspiring, and the thought of real service was everywhere apparent and most helpful. My stay there has borne so much fruit that words fail to express all I feel in regard to it. Thought has been so uplifted that I have witnessed several almost instantaneous healings in my work during the past week.

"I am deeply grateful for the privilege of this experience, not only for the peaceful rest and study, but for the opportunity to know that there has been established and maintained, amid the seemign turmoil of mortal existence, such an institution, one so governed and directed by divine Love. It has been voiced that The Christian Science Benevolent Association is not run according to the teachings of Christian Science. I am so grateful that I am able to tell those holding a wrong concept of this branch of service in Christian Science that I could not wish any one a greater blessing than to enter this institution and experience for himself or herself the abundance of blessings which it offers.

(Signed) "Sara T. Watson, Toronto, Ontario, Canada."

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