Article October 18, 1999 Issue

SUICIDE PREVENTED

Mary Louise Harris

Years ago, my family moved to a town in northern Texas where I joined a very small Christian Science Society. I was asked to serve on a committee whose members called people on the telephone to ask them if they would be interested in subscribing to The Christian Science Monitor.

One day, I dialed a number, and the woman on the other end said she would like to subscribe but was getting ready to end her life. I spoke to her firmly and said, "No, you are valuable to God." She replied that her husband and son had recently been killed in an automobile accident, and she did not want to go on living. I said I would come and pay her a visit. She replied, "I don't think you want to do that; I am of the black race." I assured her that that did not matter to me, and she gave me her address.

My daughter was small at this time and always carried a purse full of candy with her. She put some Life Savers candy in her purse, and then we left.

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