writes to describe a visit which she made in January of that year to
the meeting of the Christian Science Board of Education in Boston. She
says:

"When I decided to attend I also hoped to see our Mother....
I saw that if I allowed the thought that I must see her
personally to transcend the desire to obey and grow into the
likeness of her teachings, this mistake would obscure my
understanding of both the Revelator and the Revelation.
After the members of the Board had retired they reappeared
upon the rostrum and my heart beat quickly with the thought
'Perhaps _she_ has come.' But no, it was to read her
message.... She said God was with us and to give her love to
all the class. It was so precious to get it directly from
her.

"The following day five of us made the journey to Concord,
drove out to Pleasant View, and met her face to face on her
daily drive. She seemed watching to greet us, for when she
caught sight of our faces she instantly half rose with
expectant face, bowing, smiling, and waving her hand to each
of us. Then as she went out of our sight, kissed her hand to
all.

"I will not attempt to describe the Leader, nor can I say
what this brief glimpse was and is to me. I can only say I
wept and the tears start every time I think of it. Why do I
weep? I think it is because I want to be like her and they
are tears of repentance. I realize better now what it was
that made Mary Magdalen weep when she came into the presence