Christian Science -- Fiction; People with disabilities -- Fiction
"Let it console you to know in advance that there is a remedy in Divine
Science for everything. ’Not a sparrow falleth’--you remember! The
table of comfort for every woe is spread before you in the presence of
your enemies. Fear neither them nor to partake freely of God’s gifts.
The more eagerly you come and the more you partake of the feast Divine
Love spreads, the more generously God will pour out His blessings upon
you."
Thus encouraged Carolina told her suspicions of the fate of Guildford
and of Colonel Yancey, without, however, mentioning him by name, until,
led on by Mrs. Goddard’s sympathetic manner, she threw her whole soul
into the recital of her own and Mrs. Winchester’s loss, and of how she
had hoped to restore Guildford.
Occasionally Mrs. Goddard interrupted her to ask a pertinent question.
It gave Carolina a feeling of comfort to realize her new friend’s
mentality. Carolina, was so accustomed to knowing people of capacity and
brilliant intelligence that her mind reached after such naturally.
"Guildford is not lost to you," said Mrs. Goddard, just as Rosemary had.
"It will be restored to you, and you will be able to make good Mrs.
Winchester’s loss. You must have harmony in your life. That is your
right--your God-bestowed right. You are an heir of God’s boundless
affluence. It is a crime for one of God’s little ones to be poor, or
neglected, or sick, or forsaken. Not to believe this is to doubt His
promises, which are sure, and to limit His power, which is limitless.
"We do not know the way, nor must we make laws nor dictate means. But
God is even now preparing the broad highway which shall lead your feet
straight to the gates of Guildford. Let Him find you humble, grateful,
and ready for the blessing. Don’t fret. Don’t worry. Don’t be
anxious. ’Be still, and know that I am God!’"
For her only reply Carolina bowed her face upon her hands, and burst
into an uncontrollable fit of weeping.
Mrs. Goddard made no effort to check or comfort her, except by thought.
When she had finished, Mrs. Goddard nodded her head, saying:
"That did you good. Now for your physical self! Was the hip broken?"
"Yes, and set by six of the best surgeons in New York. Doctor Colfax is
the most hopeful, but even he says that if ever I grow strong enough to
leave off crutches, I shall limp all my life."
Mrs. Goddard smiled.
"Doctor Colfax is one of the best men I ever knew. His left hand knows
not what his right hand does in the way of charity, and his whole life,
instead of being devoted to amassing a fortune, is given up to the
healing of mankind."
"Why, I thought Scientists did not like doctors!" cried Carolina.
"We admire their intentions. Who could fail to? Among them are some of
the noblest characters I have ever known in any walk of life."
"But," cried Carolina, alarmed by this praise, "you don’t believe that
what he says is true? Why, Rosemary assured me--"
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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