The revised edition of Science & Health is truly wonderful and so far beyond the others —

It is a great satisfaction to be able to put them in the hands of the people –

But there is one sentence in the book ton the 273. Page where it speaks of the crimes of Jefferson Davis which unless it is taken out will make nearly the whole of the Southern people reject the ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science – I am at a loss what to do about the "Books" because of the feeling that calls up – They are still sore over being beaten by the North and the name of Jefferson Davis they say is a sacred one to them — We cannot say one word there if we wish to reach them with this Truth Some of them are accepting it beautifully and they are not going to stop with being healed but they are actually afraid to put the Books in the hands of their husbands or friends but they because they would reject the whole thing because of the one sentence I speak of and they themselves are quite stressed up over it —

I tell you of this so if you wish to make a change in your next edition you could — The ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science is now reaching the South and we have to be careful to say nothing to array them against it —

I expect what is said on the slavery question is about all they can bear but it will do them good –

They have changed a good deal in their views in regard to that —

We have had a fearful rain here doing much damage but it is now bright and beautiful again —

Proffessor Corrected: Professor Bumstead of the Atlanta University started for BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts - to-dayCorrected:today I hope he will be able to see you before hey returns His wife is being healed and he is quite interested in the work of ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science here I have patients from ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois Wealthy people who came here for their health – They are greatly interested and will go back to Chicago understanding about those who are working wrong as well as right – and their influence will go a good ways –

A letter from Mrs Berry was just handed me and I will send to you as there has been so much said about her being all wrong It is fearful the wrong things students say of one another – When I stopped in Boston two or three days for a little rest I felt as if I had got into a den of lionsDan 6:1 It pleased
Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; Dan 6:2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. Dan 6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Dan 6:4 ¶Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Dan 6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Dan 6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. Dan 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Dan 6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Dan 6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Dan 6:10 ¶Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. Dan 6:11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. Dan 6:12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Dan 6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. Dan 6:14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. Dan 6:15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. Dan 6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. Dan 6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. Dan 6:18 ¶Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him. Dan 6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. Dan 6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? Dan 6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. Dan 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Dan 6:23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. Dan 6:24 ¶And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. Dan 6:25 ¶Then king
Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. Dan 6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. Dan 6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. Dan 6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. that were just ready to devour me I suppose Mesmerism is back of it but it is their own sin — I am not to be driven out of ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science by any of these methods but it is a cruelty for any oneCorrected:anyone to say or believe such things of me —

The oldest students have been cut off one after another but the time comes when that rule does not work and they have come to a stopping place

If I was to be cut in inch pieces for doing so should hold to Science as it was taught me and work in it conscientiou [?] Unclear or illegible ly and I should still hold to my love for you - It may not be worth anything to another but it is worth a great deal to me —

There will be a better state of things by & by — I thank God that He has given me the power to see some thingCorrected:something of what is to come where it is needed as a help –

I very seldom allow myself to think of these things but keep right on with my work doing all the good I can —