Christian Science -- Fiction; People with disabilities -- Fiction
"The way will not always be smooth beneath your feet. Error in the
guise of fear, selfish or vainglorious thoughts, revenge, self-pity, or
desire to shine before others will sometimes cause you to stumble and
fall. But at such times, remember to blame, not circumstances nor
others, but your own faulty thought. Be severe with yourself. Then
turn your thought instantly to the Source of your supply. No one can
help you, Carolina, but God, your Father, Divine Love, the All in All of
your existence, your very Reason for being. Realize that God is all
there is. Beyond Him there is nothing and nothingness. Breathe His
spirit. Drink in His divine power. Make yourself one with Him, and you
will instantly find that the mists which covered the surface of your
spiritual reflection of His image will disappear, and you will begin to
reflect His government clearly. At that same moment, you will be healed
of your infirmity."
As she repeated these last few words aloud, a feeling of complete
security took possession of her, and she rose, first to her knees, then
to her feet, and walked confidently to her chair by the window.
In great thankfulness she took her Bible and read the fifth chapter of
Luke, and, when she came to the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth verses,
she read them three times, with a heart full of gratitude.
Still she was not satisfied. She was groping after a sign, and she read
on until she came to the words, "And when they bring you unto the
synagogues, and unto the magistrates and powers, take ye no thought how
or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say. For the Holy Ghost
shall teach you in that hour what ye ought to say."
"The Holy Ghost!" thought Carolina. "I wonder what that really is.
That is one of the things I never could understand in the old thought."
She turned to the Glossary in "Science and Health," and there the first
definition of Holy Ghost was "Divine Science."
"I am answered," she said, with a sigh of complete satisfaction. "For
the first time in my life I begin to understand the fourteenth chapter
of John."
She leaned her head against the window-pane to watch the postman come
down the street. Then she heard his whistle, and presently the maid
brought her a letter. She asked the maid to turn on the electric light,
and, when she had done so and left the room, Carolina read the following
letter:
"LONDON, May 6, 19--
"MY DEAR MISS CAROLINA:--You have rejected my suit so often, when I had
no inducement to offer you except a heart which beats for you alone,
which seems to be no temptation to you, that I shall not pay you the
poor compliment of offering myself to you again when, as you must have
heard, I have become the owner of Guildford.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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