I was glad to hear from you, it was a long time you kept silent.

But I knew it was out of kindness and I appreciate your letters more because you never give me trouble in writing or speaking. The OcontoEditorial Note: Oconto, Wisconsin students are distinguished for this – and many others' good things. The CauseEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science. is receiving a strong impuslsion. We are looking towards the light and cannot help knowing that our lives talk for us and their testimony is a rebuke or an encouragement to us all. When the heart tired of its poor testimony turns to the head and listens, it hears the way told in this desire: "Oh to be nothing, nothing"Editorial Note: The words of the hymn “Oh, to be nothing, nothing” were written by Georgiana M. Taylor (1847-1915) in 1869. But this is not enough, so the heart answers, yes, But oh to be something. Something tangibly good, oh to see my affections changed, detached, and attached in the right direction, and being as it is, and no longer as it is not. Tell dear Laura I will answer her sweet letter as soon as possible The new house and the old experience with it, gives us all so much work I have little time to do much else, but what I should do, namely, watch and prayMatt 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. .

Give my love to all in your dear household and to all my dear students