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Miscellaneous Writings --- Letters: TO A STUDENT


 1	                                       TO A STUDENT 

  	    My Beloved Student: — In reply to your letter I will
 3	say:  God's ways are not as our ways; but higher far
  	than the heavens above the earth is His wisdom above
  	ours. When I requested you to be ordained, I little
 6	thought of the changes about to be made. When I in-
  	sisted on your speaking without notes, I little knew that
  	so soon another change in your pulpit would be demanded. 
 9	But now, after His messenger has obeyed the message
  	of divine Love, comes the interpretation thereof. But you
  	see we both had first to obey, and to do this through faith,
12	not sight. 
  	    The meaning of it all, as now shown, is this:  when
  	you were bidden to be ordained, it was in reward for your
15	faithful service, thus to honor it. The second command,
  	to drop the use of notes, was to rebuke a lack of faith in
  	divine help, and to test your humility and obedience in
18	bearing this cross. 
  	    All God's servants are minute men and women. As
  	of old, I stand with sandals on and staff in hand, wait-
21	ing for the watchword and the revelation of what, how,
  	whither. Let us be faithful and obedient, and God will
  	do the rest. 
24	    In the April number of The Christian Science Journal
  	you will find the forthcoming completion (as I now think)
  	of the divine directions sent out to the churches. It is
2...7	satisfactory to note, however, that the order therein given
  	corresponds to the example of our Master. Jesus was
  	not ordained as our churches ordain ministers. We
30	have no record that he used notes when preaching. He
 
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Miscellaneous Writings --- Letters: TO A STUDENT

 1	spake in their synagogues, reading the Scriptures and
  	expounding them; and God has given to this age "Science
 3	and Health with Key to the Scriptures," to elucidate
  	His Word. 
  	    You may read this letter to your church, and then
 6	send it to Rev. Mr. Norcross, and he will understand. 
  	May the God of all grace give you peace. 
  	                                  With love,
 9	                                        MARY BAKER EDDY 
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