It is five years since we first heard anything about Christian Science, except the name, and had supposed it was only some kind of mind healing and never once dreamed of what it really is.
We learned of it through a dear relative who had been, as it seemed to us, wonderfully healed after being an invalid for several years. We did not accept it because of the healing, but nevertheless we have proved its blessed truths many times in the various claims which ever come to tempt us to believe in a power apart from God. My husband was healed of rheumatism through reading Science and Health. Recently he was healed of a very badly sprained ankle, which in the old way would probable have laid him up for some time; but through a clear realization of the Truth it was met in one treatment without any outside help. The demonstration was so quick and proved the Truth so clearly that we felt like shouting for joy; this verse was particularly helpful, "Great is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding is infinite." We have been able through our understanding of divine Love to destroy many claims which seemed to be manifested in our children.
A few weeks ago a relative who has been quite opposed to Christian Science came to see us; he had been under a claim for several years which produced a severe pain in his back for which he could obtain no permanent relief in materia medica, and he said that for the last six months it had pained him constantly. I did not treat him, but explained to him a little of what Christian Science is. I tried to show him the real man as a reflection of the perfect God without any of the beliefs which material man seems to have, and as I tried to explain it to him my own thought became so clear that I forgot all about the material body he had been complaining of till he stopped me and said, "I am going to tell you something and I know you will not believe a word of it, but that pain has entirely gone since you have been talking." He was overjoyed at his freedom from the pain and could not understand it, but I showed him that it was but a manifestation of the Truth I tried to explain and realize. I have heard lately through a friend whom he met and told about it that he had not had a touch of it since our talk, and that it seemed like a miracle to him. No word of Truth can be lost; it must do its work. We have had the privilege to going through a class with one of our Leader's loyal students. We cannot be thankful enough for the many blessings we have received through Christian Science.— West Somerville, Mass.
