"Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered" (Ps. 40:5). Like David, when I consider and ponder on my blessings, I am overwhelmed at how innumerable they are.
As a child I enjoyed the Christian Science Sunday School and the sense of security and well-being it brought me. Because of the Christlike qualities of my Sunday School teacher, I was impelled to join a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, when I left Sunday School. It afforded me much happiness to note how truly democratic is the government of our branch churches.
Prior to and immediately following my marriage I became lackadaisical in my attendance at church services and even in my attention to the teachings of our religion. I was living in a strange city, and it seemed easier to follow the crowd along the way of materiality. But I learned through many trials, physical, mental, and financial, the truth of Mrs. Eddy's words (Science and Health, p. 451), "Christian Scientists must live under the constant pressure of the apostolic command to come out from the material world and be separate."
