I Do not know that I had ever heard the term Christian Science previous to the spring of '86. An old schoolmate, and very intimate friend, returned, after an absence of several years, to the town where we had spent a portion of our boyhood together. During our separation he had become interested in Christian Science, was healed of an incurable disease, and had received a course of instruction.
With great joy I heard of his coming, but was not a little dismayed to learn that he had become a "faith doctor," as I under stood it. At first I did not understand how that could be, for I was impressed that "faith doctors" were "born not made." I had often heard about these peculiar people, but had never met one; and I had for them a feeling of reverence, mingled with awe.
At our first meeting my friend introduced the subject by handing me an open Bible and requesting me to read the closing verses of the gospel according to St. Mark. Of course I had often read them before, but at this time I felt strangely impressed with the statement, "And these signs shall follow them that believe."
