As my thought goes back to the time when my trouble...

Sue Flowerree with contributions from Frances Ridley Havergal

As my thought goes back to the time when my trouble seemed so real, and my heart was so sad; when I had lost all faith that any power could lift me above the sense of discouragement;—when I compare that time with the present, my heart overflows with gratitude and love to God, and to all those who have helped me to find the truth. I belonged to an orthodox church for thirty-five years and took an active part in its work. I received a great deal of good through my belief, and thought I was learning much about God, but there was one thing I did not learn, and that was, how to pray so that my prayers would be answered. I have found, through the study of Science and Health, that God is a present help in every time of need, and every day I find cause for thankfulness that one in this age has been so pure, so near to God, as to be able to grasp the truth and know how to impart it to others. My daily prayer is that I may so live as to grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth. I desire to thank Mrs. Eddy for what she has done and is still doing for mankind.

Mrs. Sue Flowerree, Cherry Dell, Mo.

Thus was beauty sent from heaven,
The lovely mistress of truth and good
In this dark world; for truth and good are one,
And beauty dwells in them and they in her
With like participation; wherefore, then,
O sons of earth, would ye dissolve the tie?
"Orators of the Revolution."

Forget not all the sunshine of the way
By which the Lord hath led thee,—answered prayers,
And joys unasked, strange blessings, lifted cares,
Grand promise-echoes! Thus each page shall be
A record of God's love and faithfulness to thee.
Frances Ridley Havergal.

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