Article July 20, 1974 ISSUE

The Snakes, the Bees

LINDA ANNE GRIDLEY

On a camping trip I had the opportunity to see that in reality neither thing nor thought can harm us. Here's what happened.

We camped one night in a little tree-sheltered hollow right above a waterfall, and woke to the sound of tumbling water. It was a heavenly day already, even though the morning sun was just beginning to sift through the trees. We had a long hike ahead of us, and everyone read the Lesson-Sermon In the Christian Science Quarterly; before getting up. There were seven of us, five girls and two counselors, all students of Christian Science. I was one of the counselors. Each day as we hiked, ideas gained from the Lesson-Sermon had given us strength, reminded us of God's presence, and protected us. We were seventeen miles from our camp—as the crow flies—but far from human aid, so we naturally looked to God to care for us.

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