Beloved Brethren:—
People coming from a distance expecting to hear me speak in the Mother Church are frequently disappointed. To avoid this, I will hereafter duly notify the Directors when I shall be present to address this congregation, and the clerk of the Church can inform correspondents. Your dual and impersonal pastor, the Bible, and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, is with you, and the life these give, the Truth they illustrate, the Love they demonstrate, is the great Shepherd that feeds my flock, and leadeth them "beside the still waters." By any personal presence, or word of mine your thought must not be diverted, or diverged, your senses satisfied, or self be justified.
Therefore beloved, my often coming is unnecessary; for though I be present, or absent, it is God that feedeth the hungry heart, that giveth grace for grace, that healeth the sick and cleanseth the sinner. For this consummation He hath given you Christian Science, and my poor labors and love. He hath shown you the amplitude of His mercy, the justice of His judgment, the omnipotence of His Love; and this, to compensate your zealous affection for seeking Good, and for laboring in its widening grooves from the infinitesimal to the Infinite. Yours in Christ,
