Before I knew anything of Christian Science I was subject to colds and hence had great fear of them, but for the past six years I have been comparatively free.
Once in very early spring I started out for the first time that season without a wrap, and before I returned home the wind was blowing strong and cold. I worked hard to shut out the intruding fear. However, thoughts of error instead of Truth were soon manifested on my body, and for several days a severe cold and cough seemed to grow worse.
One morning after I had been battling with the error for some time I yielded to a sense of discouragement and said to the friend who was with me, "I shall not attempt to teach to-day. Please help me a little mentally and I will telephone to the superintendent's office and have them send a substitute in my place." I started to the telephone but stopped to look at my Bible a moment, when my eyes fell on these words: "Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin." I closed the book with the thought, how strange for me to think of not going to school. Of course I'll go. The mental healing was instantaneous. The physical manifestation was worse if anything that day, but I was undisturbed, and in a short time the cold had disappeared.
