One of many outstanding proofs of the power of Christian Science to make manifest God's care and provision for the well-being of His children took place after I was elected First Reader in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist. While I had been very desirous of serving as Reader, I had never had the necessary faith to give up my position as a traveling salesman, which was my only human source of supply and thrice the amount of the Reader's salary. So for many years I had reluctantly withdrawn my name at election periods. Eventually this fear was met, and I was elected and began to serve.
A short time later, while displaying my merchandise at a hotel and pondering on ways and means to terminate my contract with my manufacturers, I was called by a firm of jobbers in the same line of merchandise. The personnel of this firm were entire strangers to me and were not even aware of my need. They asked me to consider a proposition which they felt sure I should like. Assuming that this job would require the same travel obligation that made my present position untenable, I refused to consider it and did not call on them.
The following day there came an urgent request for an interview, which I felt impelled to accept as a matter of courtesy. On my way to this interview I was suddenly confronted with a demand to stop and listen, such as must have come to Saul of Tarsus on his way to Damascus. I seemed to hear the words, "You have asked for help but you are not listening for directions."
