Chicago, Ill., Feb. 7, 1894.
Dear Mrs. Eddy:— I would like to add my little mite to the store of manifested love for you, who bore the burden and pain in giving birth to this divine Idea, that is the Saviour of the World. Your words in the February Journal came like a healing balm. For three years I was one of the lost sheep wandering amidst the maze of mental medicine or mind cure, called Christian Science. I had "Science and Health," but was so blinded by the teaching I received that it was a sealed book to me. Then I was led to a meeting of true Scientists. It was like drinking from a pure spring after one had drank nothing but impure water. I then turned to the true source. It has been with bleeding footsteps, and dark has been the way, yet I have held persistently to the right, and how glad I am!
It has seemed so hard to understand what the book taught. For four years I have striven and struggled with this sense of self, and must I confess it, only in the past few months have I truly begun to see what it all means, so simple, so beautiful! Yet I would not lose one of the experiences that has brought to me this priceless treasure. When the way has seemed so dark, I have thought of Jesus, and all he seemingly suffered that we might know our true selves, and also of you treading the path alone, turning neither to the right or to the left, no matter how much the seeming suffering may have been; and it has all given me courage to go on. I feel drawn to those dear ones who have been misled as to the true way, and I thank you for your generous words to them all. I am learning to test everything by "Science and Health," and the teachings of Jesus. I know there is but one thing to do, and that is to walk with an eye single to the one Mind that is Good. I am glad to say my husband is also striving for the true way, and it has helped us over many dark places. Our little adopted daughter, eight years old, is also a faithful Scientist and teaches us many lessons.
