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she drove along the countryside when shrubs and trees were putting forth their new foliage, a student's attention was drawn to occasional trees on which still clung the brown and faded garb of last year's leaves.
The Bible is a compilation of writings extending over a period of some four thousand years, and since the last book in it was written, practically another two thousand years have passed.
While proper safeguards should surround the issuance of Christian Science literature from lending libraries connected with Reading Rooms and Sunday schools, the way in which to borrow literature should not be made too difficult, nor the free offer of literature be allowed to fail of its purpose.
Out of a deep sense of gratitude for the innumberable blessings that have come to me, and to those nearest and dearest to me, as well as for the good experienced by others, who have come thirsting to the fountain of healing and gone away refreshed, I offer my testimony with the hope that it may prove a cup of cold water to some thirsty seeker after Truth.
Anna Hitchcook Sheldon
with contributions from Stillman M. Hitchcock
Out of the abundance of a heart overflowing with gratitude I would speak of some of the blessings which Christian Science has brought into my experience.
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