I have proved in my own experience that love and gratitude are a sure defense against error of every kind. I should like to tell two incidents that illustrate this.
During the so-called depression I was engaged in a small business. It was a seasonal business, and in the midst of the dull season I found myself without sufficient funds to pay two rents and to meet the wholesale bills, which were due on the tenth of the month. Although we were quite busy in the workroom, there was little money forthcoming. I seemed not to find time to do specific work in Christian Science until about eleven o'clock of the night of the ninth, when I realized that I had only from then until the next day to do this work. With that I picked up a copy of the Sentinel and began reading an article in which appeared the following quotation from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy (p. 3): "Are we really grateful for the good already received?" I read no farther; this was sufficient, for it was a deserved rebuke. I was not expressing gratitude, and yet I was asking for more. I immediately got a pencil and paper and began to make a list of my blessings. It was not more than twenty minutes until I was so uplifted that I found joy and peace, and then sleep.
The next morning I was still uplifted, although there was no material evidence of supply; however, that did not disturb me. About one o'clock a customer came in and paid a large bill, and from that time money literally flowed into the shop, giving me enough to meet all expenses and more.
