March 21, 1904
Dearly beloved:
Your letterEditorial Note: See 090.19.006. filled with historic gems, ripened sheaves and harvest song gladdens me. The architecture of your church is indeed suggestive and sweet. Your faithful labors, patient hope, prevailing prayers and great progress give proof of His promise "Lo I am with you always, even unto the end."Matt 28:19 ¶Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Matt 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. The dear ones who watched and worked with you must now be happy reaping the reward of such Christian endeavors. It gives me courage and great gratitude to know that those so young in years may even outstrip their elders. What if the strong faith of your godmother, the good Queen Victoria, dropped upon you at your birth the mantle of her excellence! What joy is ours in Christian Science! infinite Love all our own, tireless Love watching our waiting, pointing the path, guiding our footsteps and turning them hither and thither as wisdom directs— then when the lesson is learned supplying the need and ending the warfare.
Dear one, I have prayed for you and you have received the reward of your handsProv 31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. . It is good to know that "our labor is not in vain in the Lord"I Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. . That if we "cast our bread upon the waters, after many days it will return"Eccl 11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. and fill and feed the heart. Are you willing that I shall send your letter, laden with such sweet experience, to be published in our weekly and monthly periodicalsEditorial Note: The Christian Science Sentinel and The Christian Science Journal.?