My Dear Teacher: It is with some hesitation that I address you, knowing how fully your time is occupied; still, I do want to tell you a few little things. I want to tell you that I realize a rapid growth in spiritual understanding. I feel that God is very near me, and my constant prayer is to be more receptive. Oh what freedom to be rid of the fetters of mortal mind! I am so happy when I can take Science and Health, be alone with God, and read and learn. I love everyone. I long to help all, and I am doing some good work; or rather God is doing the work.
I must tell you of one case. My sister-in-law had sore throat from childhood. She would wake in the night with her mouth full of blood, and said the throat felt like a piece of rubber stretched to its utmost, and cracking. Her friends said consumption must be her lot, and she was a sufferer indeed. From the very moment when she was asking me if I thought Christian Science would benefit her, and telling me her symptoms, she was healed. This was over two months ago; and a note from her yesterday said, 'My throat is entirely well." It makes me feel so humble!
Other efforts are proving successful. A case of sore eyes has yielded beautifully; and my cook, who the doctors said had but one lung, is now able to do a good day's work. She said to me, a day or two since, ''I feel so strong; never was so well!"
