It is five years since I received my first understanding of Christian Science and since that time it has been the only physician in my family of five children; and we have had many beautiful demonstrations. Although at times error has seemed to almost hide the Truth, we knew that by clinging steadfastly to God nothing could hinder our demonstration.
Thanksgiving, 1893, we went to the country to visit a brother who is not a Scientist, and upon our arrival found one of their children very sick. The next day a physician was called, who pronounced it a contagious disease, in the most malignant form. Then they called another doctor who also called it the same, and told us we must go home at once, or we should be compelled to stay thirty or forty days; that we must close our house to every one for our children would surely have it. My little girl spoke up at once and said, "We are not afraid, we are Christian Scientists;" but error tried very hard to make them afraid by parading itself before them.
Before morning the little one passed on, and their other two children were taken sick with the same disease. As we did not care to be quarantined for thirty or forty days we left next day for home.
