An ever-increasing appreciation of the faithful work of those who have charge of our publications and gratitude for the help that I have received from reading the testimonies of others make me esteem it a privilege to try to help others by writing of some experiences which helped me to a better understanding of Christian Science.
When I first became interested in the subject I thought that anything of a helpful nature would have to come outside of the line of my daily work, for to my thought there seemed but little in machine-shop work that could point to spiritual facts; but I am thankful that I have since learned that environment is no barrier to Truth, and many times during the last five years I have mentally exclaimed while in the shop, "This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."
The first help that I received in the shop was when I was struggling with the, to me, astounding proposition that God never changed, because for years I had firmly believed that God did, frequently, change His will, especially in answer to prayer, and that persistence in prayer would often result in prevailing upon Him to do exactly opposite to what was His original intention. The more I thought upon the subject the more discouraged I felt, and I began to doubt as to whether I should ever be able to grasp this fundamental fact.
