●   ●   ●    formerly an actor, was ill, despondent, discouraged, without a God, and most forlorn in the world; drifted into a [Christian Science] lecture one night; listened, was interested, afterwards wrote the Lecturer, and upon hearing that he might find the true God, secured the textbook [ Science and Health ], and notwithstanding he was just then offered a good position, he declined that and went to Concord instead, took a job on the road then building out Pleasant Street, where he could see you pass every day in your carriage, and although it was pretty rough work for an actor, unaccustomed to the uses of pick and shovel, he actually enjoyed his work, was healed, soundly converted, has known God ever since, and would not take anything in exchange for what he has learned through your teachings. 8 At the top of this letter, Mrs.