About three years ago I had a most remarkable experience in the way of healing, a very beautiful demonstration of the efficacy and possibilities of the truth, and it is with deep gratitude to God for Christian Science that I tell of it.
I had not been feeling very well for a day or two, and foolishly participated in a very strenuous game of baseball. The day was extremely hot, and this with the overexertion made me to sense violently ill. I had a high fever, and the conditions were becoming more aggravated each moment. Our regular practitioner was out of town, and it so happened that none of the practitioners whom we knew were available. My mother tried to treat me, but she was so overcome with fear that she could not, so she called up a friend of ours who was a good Scientist, whose judgment and advice could be safely relied upon, and asked her to recommend a practitioner. Although not a regular practitioner at that time, this dear woman lovingly offered to declare the truth for me that night, saying that we could look for a practitioner in the morning if it seemed necessary. I fell asleep in a very short time, slept soundly all night, and awoke without a symptom of fever, and did not need any more help whatsoever.
I was also completely cured, several years ago, of chronic nasal catarrh, for which I had tried all manner of remedies without avail. Prior to this I had been studying voice culture with fairly successful results, until I was forced to stop because of the catarrhal trouble, which finally made it impossible for me to sing a note. It was just about this time that I began to attend the Christian Science church, not because I was interested, but merely to escort my mother, who had recently taken up the study. I soon saw what a practical, every-day demonstrable religion Christian Science is, and I began to study it myself. I also started to take treatment, and suddenly found my voice returning and the catarrhal disorder disappearing. I can say that I was perfectly healed the moment I recognized that it was the divine Mind working through me, and that every expression of true thought is of God. Then it was that I found I could express only harmony. I no longer have throat trouble or colds, whereas I used to be afflicted with them almost constantly. I used to suffer from quinsy regularly twice a year, but have had only one attack in four years, and that was overcome very quickly.
