It was with considerable trepidation that I waited my first interview with a Christian Science practitioner. I had traveled five hundred miles for treatment for the liquor habit and to study Science, and that morning had omitted my customary bracer.
I had never seen a Christian Scientist that I knew of, so had no conception of what they looked like, nor had I talked to any one on the subject or read any of their literature.
I was first ushered into a room that suggested home comfort to await the practitioner who was busy. I noticed the Bible and other religious literature on the table and sacred pictures on the wall. The environment was altogether unfamiliar, and I was sorry I drank so much the night before. To say that I was nervous does not quite express it. but the kindly manner of the Scientist at once reassured me. She did not talk religion, but immediately proceeded to give me a treatment. This was such a practical and charitable act, under the circumstances, that I was favorably impressed from the start. About two weeks afterwards I took class instruction.
