I have every reason to join in the daily chorus of thanks...

Adele A. M. Brock

I have every reason to join in the daily chorus of thanks and praise of all those who have learned through Christian Science to know God. Love rescued me, in a time of extreme despair and atheism, from the deepest darkness. Love showed me the way to spiritual truth and peace again after I had turned away from Christian Science and wandered aimlessly for several years. Again and again when I stumbled, it was Love that patiently offered me a helping hand, and never disappointed me when I honestly grasped it and held fast. I thank God and also Mrs. Eddy for every evidence of divine Love.

Words are insufficient to express my thanks properly. However, it is my honest desire to express them by being a better person and by becoming a useful worker in the vineyard of the Lord, especially through transformation, growth, and understanding.

I should like to report a beautiful case of protection. Some years ago, during a reign of despotism, I had to go one evening over an almost unfrequented road that lay in a region which people avoided from fear. However, as it was a short cut for me, I took it as usual. The road went down a hill and ran into a street that was poorly lighted and hemmed in by hills. Suddenly I saw, at the foot of the hill, three men who belonged to the despotic group, mercilessly annoying a young girl. Her begging and crying merely called forth raucous laughter and even bolder molestation. According to human belief I would likewise be exposed to this rudeness. Mortal mind whispered to me to go on the other side of the street, but it immediately became clear to me that thereby I should be giving power to fear. I realized that here only One could help me—God, omnipresence. I continued on the same side of the street and saw them release the girl and approach me. I decided to look only straight ahead and to meet them fearlessly. I maintained this attitude resolutely until the conclusion of the matter. I looked straight ahead, and even slowed up my steps in order to win time, and declared uninterruptedly: God's child meets God's child. God is the only power. I saw them come racketing nearer, saw how they joined hands when they were directly before me so as to encircle me. "God's child meets God's child," I asserted firmly and without stopping, looking straight ahead between the men's heads. They let go of each other's hands, and when they were on a line with me I heard one call to the other in Russian to leave me alone. So I went on and they also went their way; and they had become quiet. I stood still for a moment, my heart full of deep, jubilant gratitude for this

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