I did not seek Christian Science for the physical healing; there were conditions in my life which were much harder to bear than any pain. I was so unhappy at times, that the thought often presented itself to me that if it were not for my children, I should rather die at once.
This was my mental condition when a sister was healed in Christian Science, after being an invalid for ten years and under the doctor's care most of the time. She was finally taken to Chicago (which was my home at that time) to one of its best hospitals to be operated on. She remained there for ten weeks, when the doctors said she was cured. She returned to her home and soon relapsed into her former state. A neighbor called on her and told her of Christian Science. She thanked the lady and said she would tell her husband about it, and if he did not object, she would try it. She did not believe that her husband would consent, for he was brought up by orthodox Jewish parents. We, too, were raised by Jewish parents, but our father was an unbeliever. The religion my mother favored, my father scoffed at, and when we were old enough to judge for ourselves, we thought as our father did.
When my sister's husband was told of Christian Science, he said, "Try it, by all means. If it helped some one else there is no reason why you can't be helped," and he wrote at once to a Christian Scientist whose address the neighbor had left. Sister received absent treatment and the third day she was out of bed. and in a few months was entirely healed.
