I wish to express my gratitude and love for our literature, and the many helpful and uplifting thoughts which come to us every week and month through the Sentinel and Journal. I came into Christian Science through physical healing about five years ago, and while the healing seemed all to me when I realized I was healed, it is as nothing compared with the spiritual uplifting which came with the healing. We, who are trying to be Christian Scientists, seem to have to work hard sometimes to realize our birthright, but as David went forth with five smooth stones in his shepherd's bag. in the name of the Lord of hosts, to meet and overcome the, the Goliath, so we as Christian Scientists, should go forth armed with our understanding of Truth, in the name of the Lord of hosts, to meet and overcome these claims of error which seem to tempt and defy us at every point. Farther on in the Scriptures we have the life of Jesus to help us to overcome, and our Leader gives us this thought on the life of the Master, in "Miscellaneous Writings," pp. 162, 163: "Of the lineage of David, like him, he went forth simple as the shepherd boy to disarm the Goliath. Panoplied in the strength of an exalted hope, faith, and understanding, he sought to conquer the three-in-one of error: the world, the flesh, and the devil." In Revelation we have this promise: "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son."
Wakefield, Mass.
