Dear Journal:—I have always disliked the idea of being a human sponge—always absorbing, and never giving out to others except by the process of squeezing. For over two years I have read the Journal, and received great benefits, and now I want to do my part.
In a way I have always desired to live a Christian life, but my manner of living gave little evidence of any such intentions on my part except to a very limited extent.
A cousin told me of the beautiful Truth revealed by Christian Science, but I was not receptive. Finally in May, 1895, this cousin healed my daughter's eyes of astigmatism and gave her a copy of Science and Health to study. My wife and I felt it our parental duty to read the book first to see if it were altogether a proper one for a young Christian girl to read. We knew, of course, that the cousin would not place in her hands an improper book, but we held the popular idea of Christian Science, and thought it our duty first to see what the book contained.
