It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I recall the evening when the subject of Christian Science was first brought to my attention in an intelligent way.
Previous to this time I had heard the subject discussed by those who treated it with a sneer, and who, by their remarks and manifest disgust with what they thought it to be, led me to believe the subject was one I would do well to avoid, if I wished to retain a position among sensible people. Older members of the family were among those from whom I obtained my unfavorable opinions of Christian Science, and I myself have often said and thought things not complimentary to it. Of course I considered that these persons knew more about the subject than I did, and I thought their opinions worthy of respect.
I was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a Sunday School superintendent when I heard of Christian Science from one who, from the standpoint of experience and demonstration, was able to give me facts and not what he erroneously thought to be facts. He was one who had experienced the healing power of Truth in his own consciousness and was a student of Christian Science. I had never before known that he was a Scientist, but I am now very glad he was, for otherwise my sense of God and the realities of Being might still be within its former narrow limits. But I realize now that Truth was leading me and the results could not be otherwise. As soon as my friend informed me that he was a Christian Scientist, my feelings on the subject changed somewhat, for I knew if it was what I had been led to consider it, he would have had no more to do with it than I. He was too sensible.
