rry you. You would like to be cured of your
troubles. St. Paul says, 'For the wisdom of this world is foolishness
with God.' 'The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise--that they are
vain.' Do not think of me as a woman, or as having had anything to do
with this. I would rather have you think of me as St. Paul describes
anyone who works for truth--'Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye
reconciled to God.'"

"You know your Bible, don't you?" said Eugene.

"It is the only knowledge I have," she replied.

There followed one of those peculiar religious demonstrations so common
in Christian Science--so peculiar to the uninitiated--in which she asked
Eugene to fix his mind in meditation on the Lord's prayer. "Never mind
if it seems pointless to you now. You have come here seeking aid. You
are God's perfect image and likeness. He will not send you away
empty-handed. Let me read you first, though, this one psalm, which I
think is always so helpful to the beginner." She opened her Bible, which
was on the table near her, and began:

"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty.

"I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God; in him
will I trust.

"Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the
noisome pestilence.

"He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou
trust: his truth shall be thy shield and thy buckler.

"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow
that flieth by day. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in the darkness;
nor for destruction that wasteth at noonday.

"A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;
but it shall not come nigh thee.

"Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the
wicked.

"Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most
High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any
plague come nigh thy dwelling.

"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy
ways.

"They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against
a stone.

"Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder, the young lion and the
dragon shalt thou trample under foot.

"Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him. I
will set him on high, because he