I REJOICE to be able to write you that we are still marching on, determined to conquer by the power of Truth. The battle at times seems hard, but by being firm in Truth we conquer. One gentleman here who is an insurance agent, and boarding in one of the hotels, sent for me to treat him for what seemed to be a very serious illness. He appeared to be suffering very much when I first saw him. Shortly after I had been there the M. D.'s who worked for him in his business, came up to see him, and at once pronounced his case typhoid fever, and said he must have medicine; but he said no. He sent for his wife who was in B—., and who was not a believer in Christian Science. After she came the M. D.'s went to her and told her that if he did not take medicine he would die. They stirred her up against Science, but by my declaring the Truth she finally was willing to trust to it. The physicians finding this, came to me and tried to scare me, but finding they could not do that, they wanted to work in harmony with me. I said Christian Science was capable of doing the work without their aid. They then declared that he would die, and circulated this so much that they turned the hotel people against me. Sometimes when I was going down stairs they swore at me, and said very unpleasant things; and if his wife had consented, they would have mobbed me. One Dr. said he could not be up inside of three weeks. It was just three days after this assertion was made that he was up. His first meal consisted of beefsteak, pickled mushrooms, and water-melon. When they saw his wife taking it to him they said she might as well take something and kill him. He ate what she brought to him, and it did not harm him. He was up and at work in less than half the time they would have allowed him. I can assure you they have been as quiet as mice since. Some of them said it was a miracle. Well, it was to their sense. Everything they tried to do to put us down only helped to forward the work here. "The wrath of man shall praise thee." Our meetings are growing more spiritual, and we continue to grow in numbers, and realize that we are making some progress toward the Kingdom. We had about sixty in our Bible class last Sunday. — London, Canada.
Wickliffe's version or translation of the Bible may not be as scholarly as some of the others, but it bears the impress of a very honest and spiritually-minded man. As an instance of his practical rendering of the Scriptures, I quote from his New Testament, verse 77, chapter 1 of Luke:—
"And thou child schalt be clepid the profete of the Higheste, for thou schalt go before the face of the Lord to make redy hise weyes. To give Science of Health to his puple into remission of their synnes."
