Mrs. M. B. G. Eddy, My Very Dear Teacher: It was my purpose to write to you soon after my return to Detroit; but very pressing duties have prevented my so doing. After a calm and careful review of your teaching in the Normal Class, I have to thank you greatly for the higher understanding of the Truth which I received. Allow me to say here, that I was a careful student always, and never overlooked anything taught in Science and Health; but now I see clearly the imperative necessity of many doctrines which I formerly accepted on trust.
My sister most ably held the field in my absence. On my return, she said, smilingly, that the air of Detroit seemed unfavorable to malpractioners, as the two in the city had left in my absence. She (sister) was working almost day and night. One case I should like to mention. She was called at a late hour one night, to see a young man with belief of ulceration of bowels. He had been ill over a year, and on that evening three of the best doctors in this city had consulted together, and abandoned his case, giving him but a few hours to live. When sister went in, all the relatives were around the bed, weeping. Sister dismissed all of them, with the assurance that God, and not sickness, was all-powerful. Well, the Truth destroyed the fear, and in a few days he was sitting up, and eating all kinds of food, which he had not done for nearly a year. The doctor, calling a few days after, was surprised to find the young man living, and on being told of the means employed, said he must look into Christian Science. The minister, however, was grievously offended, and ceased his prayers for the young man's recovery. We are striving to make it a case of healing, not a mere change of beliefs. In the meantime, I am, with much love, in which my sister joins,
Yours in the Truth,
115 Miami Ave., Detroit, Mich.
