UNTIL we have our understanding enlightened by Christian Science it is impossible to realize how imperative is the commandment "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Three years ago I was worshiping false gods; the idol my heart was most wedded to was my home. To me it was all in all, my chief good.
Of a retiring, sensitive nature, I was conscious of the fact that I was at my best at home where I was understood and appreciated; no sacrifice was too great for me to make, no burden too heavy for me to bear for my loved ones. It was my heaven, and with the approval of my conscience, in doing church work, visiting the sick, and the poor, and teaching in Sunday-school, I was happy —but alas, for earthly happiness! it is always fleeting.
