the companions that I had ever had before in my life. I used to ask Bess a lot of questions—not so that I could contradict them, but because I wanted to know how she looked at them.
One day I said, "Bess, if the healing isn't the most important part of Christian Science, why couldn't a person be a Christian Scientist and leave that part out of it?"
"Well, for goodness' sake," said Bess; "what do you suppose is the reason that Christian Scientists use it, when they are sick?"
"Well," I said, "I suppoes it is because you think it would be wrong to have a doctor,—and because you want to be consistent and—" I couldn't think of any other reason.
"You've left out a rather important point," she said
"What is it?"
"That they wish to get well!"
"Oh!"
"—and that, quickly,—and to stay well. I think that is a fairly good reason in itself. Don't you?"
"But they don't—always."
"Do doctors' patients—always?"
