It has come to me frequently of late that I should send a hymn of thanksgiving and praise to the giver of "every good gift and every perfect gift" for the multitude of blessings that have come to me and mine since we first began to investigate Christian Science more than eighteen years ago. Truly it has healed and helped us many times, and has never failed when sought and applied in the way of God's appointing, as our dear Leader has taught us in Science and Health.
From my earliest recollection, the Bible was my dearest treasure, and I studied it assiduously. To be able to help mankind and to make the world just a little better for my passing through it was my constant endeavor. I was quite young when I became a church-member, and although there were some things I could not and did not accept, my dear pastor would simply say that after a while I would see things right. After graduating from one of the finest institutes in the South, I came home to St. Louis and entered church work in earnest. My husband also was greatly interested in it, and gave to it what time he could spare from business.
I never knew a day's illness before I was married, but soon things began to change, and before long I became a nervous, fretful invalid, a burden to myself and my family. At times I would feel a little better, then drop into a worse state than before. My faith in God, as I then knew Him, began to waver, yet in my heart I felt that He would not forsake me, and I clung to the many helpful promises in the Bible. Had it not been for the tender care of my husband and the devotion of four dear children, I know it would have been easy to pray for death to relieve me.
