The question of pay for treatment which is a stumbling block to most young Scientists, to me seemed insurmountable. As I could not move it out of my way I had constantly gone around it.
While on duty at the Dispensary, some time since, a family in great trouble came as absent patients. Inability to pay and inability to write for treatment were among the claims.
My first impulse was to refuse the work and let some one better equipped for service take the case. Having however made a new resolve to serve Truth, and to be obedient to divine guidance, I said, "I will do my best." I worked on and on apparently in the dark, and with so little encouragement, that I was ready to give up the case many times; but every time that I thought, "I have done my duty, if they desire Science, let them apply for it," an application for treatment came. This went on for weeks, one claim after another being uncovered, till I was led to send them "Science and Health" with the request that it be paid for at their convenience. After a short time an instalment on the book came to hand.
