We are told in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G. Eddy, page 309, that "Gratitude is much more than a verbal expression of thanks," and that "Action expresses more gratitude than speech."
Too much time has already been spent in selfishness—in continually trying to absorb the good things flowing to us through the pages of the Journal and Sentinel, we making no acknowledgement in return—not to recognize that such a course retards growth in Christian character; the expression of gratitude is not only a duty but a heaven-born privilege.
When I first became interested in Christian Science and declared my acceptance of the new idea—thus receiving the condemnation which my changed course evoked—I had great comfort in reading the "Notes from the Field," telling of the practical work being done by what I then perceived to be the religion of Jesus. It is with great pleasure that I still read these columns in our periodicals, and after seven years the profit received from their perusal is greater.
