Having been a member of The Mother Church for many years and having in my younger days had the privilege of hearing Sabbath after Sabbath wonderful words of wisdom from the lips of our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, I esteem it a cause for unbounded gratitude. I thank God that I had "ears to hear," thus being able to show others the way.
I especially rejoice for the help Christian Science is to me in making decisions, and should like to tell of one instance where I was wonderfully shown the way. My work for the last thirteen years has been caring for an invalid brother. When it was decided by my brothers and sisters that I must be the one to go to Colorado to look after him and his interests, my daughters were apprehensive. They thought I was too old to undertake so long a journey and the consequent cares, and expressed much fear for me. Their greatest anxiety seemed to be as to what I could do when I arrived at my destination, a stranger in a strange city, as they knew my brother could not help me in any way.
The fear expressed by my family soon had its effect on me, and I began to lie awake nights trying to outline a plan to follow. Every night I made a new plan, but arrived at nothing definite. Then it suddenly occurred to me that I was trying to work out the problem myself instead of letting God direct me. When I awoke to that error I began to know that I could of myself do nothing; it was God who was to do all that needed to be done. Working along this line I received a degree of peace; yet the question as to what I should do when I got to Colorado remained unanswered.
