⇉ Handshift:Samuel J. AveryChicago Feb. 24 – 1885
Boston MassachusettsAs Written:Mass.
Most respected and sincerely beloved Teacher
Yours of the 21stEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. is received - contents carefully noted –
You will see by the enclosed letter, that an article was desired for the first No. and although I had, I presume through mental telegraphy, decided to follow your Suggestions as to , the manuscriptAs Written:Mss, it seemed to me best that I Step into the gap and furnish one, and I sincerely believe it will please you, as I think every word is in ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science, however, if I have committed a wrong it may be easily corrected, as the columns of the journal will remain open for further contributions,
Many thanks for your timely advice, and although my motives have been impugned, facts misrepresented, and misstated, I can “bide my time”, knowing that Error causes its own elements of destruction As Written: distruction with it, and Truth will certainly appear in time, but,
“Truth seemeth apt to sleep,
Blessings so slow to reap
That tho waiting hours are weary to bear
And the courage so hard to keep.”
Although boasting is excludedRom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. , I must say that I am constantly making cures in “Christian Science”, which might gladden As Written: gladen the heart of the best Christian Scientists, or the most eminent M.D.’s in the land, and the few to whom I administer drugs, know that I do it under protest, telling them that it’s their belief in, and not the drug that cures, Now dear Teacher, I beg one more word of advice, Scarcely a day passes that I do not have one or more calls, and frequently from those who have received treatment by the foremost Christian Scientists in the city, Asking for information in regard to this Blessed ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science, and I now often hear that those have said, that they have got a better understanding in the half hour explanation by the humblest of your Students, than they had received in all their previous study, Now must my lips remain sealed to these serious enquiries? I have thus far acted upon the command “freely ye have received freely give”Matt 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. .
Mrs A. has been, & is daily treating with grand success, She wishes the insertion of her card in the Journal, for which please find enclosed two dollars ($2.00)Editorial Note: $2.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $52.90 in 2019. and now that the knowledge of the Lord – “Truth,” may soon pervade the whole earth as the waters cover the face of the great deep”Hab 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. is the sincere prayer of your Sincere but very sorrowful Student