way in what I have to say. I was talking to one of them the afternoon of October 29th, and he told me that his wife had been sick for the past sixteen years, and on top of that she fell down stairs in 1928. As a result she was all crippled up—had hurt the base of her spine, and ever since her hands, arms and legs were badly swollen and she could not close her hands; she was so stiff that it took her from 15 to 20 minutes to get out of bed.

Then without thinking, I said, “I’ll see what we can do for her—if she is willing to do a little to help herself.” He said she would do anything, as she had been to all the doctors that she could get to, and they could do nothing.

So I told him to have her lie down every night at 9:30 and at that time to completely relax her mind and body, to think of nothing but the perfect life of God within her. I explained that I intended to be with her at that time in spirit, and would help her.

The first night she had a terrible headache that lasted about five minutes; the next night the same thing, but it lasted only three minutes; the third night no headache; and last night she felt very hot. The first morning after, she felt a little better; the second morning, no pain and she could close her hands; and after that she steadily improved; and now says that if she keeps improving at the rate she is going she will be all right in a week.

Here is the interesting thing. In the November article on “Inner Workers,” you gave instructions for healing. Now I did not read that article until Sunday, three days after I started meditating on the woman; but that is exactly the line that I followed.