Years ago the writer once read a poem entitled, "How Quiet Nature Is When Doing Things!" She was impressed with the thought brought out. The poem spoke of how nature unfolds the glory of growth, the splendor of sunrise and sunset, the beauty of flower and leaflet—all in glorious calm, quietness, and serenity. How quietly nature unfolds the wonders of a rose, for example, how undisturbed nature is by the noises of the busy world.
Often the writer's thought reverts to the lesson brought out in this poem. Since becoming interested in Christian Science she has had many occasions to remember that peace, steady growth, and unfoldment are the fruitage in human experience of thought growing ever onward and upward toward a clearer realization of true being. During one period of turbulence, the lesson of the poem mentioned came like a soft summer rain to a thirsty earth.
The writer turned to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and as she read the following passage she was quieted in mind and body (p. 516): "The grass beneath our feet silently exclaims, 'The meek shall inherit the earth.' The modest arbutus sends her sweet breath to heaven. The great rock gives shadow and shelter. The sunlight glints from the church-dome, glances into the prison-cell, glides into the sick-chamber, brightens the flower, beautifies the landscape, blesses the earth."
