When I was in my twenties...

When I was in my twenties, certain changes in the family placed on me the responsibility of supporting my mother and maintaining our small home.

Our house, which had been built about ten years previously, had reached the point where it needed quite a few repairs. I remember, particularly, that the roof had commenced to leak, and a new one was needed.

Just at this time, I had taken the important step of joining a branch Church of Christ, Scientist. I was aware that there was an obligation to support the church financially, and I also wished to comply with Article VIII, Section 14, of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy, part of which states, "It shall be the privilege and duty of every member, who can afford it, to subscribe for the periodicals which are the organs of this Church."

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