Christian Science has healed me physically, mentally, morally, and spiritually, but I came to it in the first place not so much for healing as because I wanted to find the truth. I had read something in almost every philosophy and religion in my search for Truth, only to find in every instance that I was on the wrong track; therefore I approached Christian Science with much hesitation. I thought I had no God at that time; but I believed there must be a Supreme Being, and I prayed with all my heart to this "unknown God" to show me (if indeed He could hear me) if this Science were really the truth. The answer came in such a sudden and wonderful glimpse of good's allness and the unreality of evil that I never doubted again.
For some time I had been troubled with a form of rheumatism which doctors could not relieve in any way, and which, while it did not incapacitate me, was very wearing. I asked for Christian Science treatment; but my healing was slow, and, I see now, corresponded to a gradual change of thought. The treatment helped me, but did not free me. So I thought my own Science work was needed; but that also seemed for some time to have very little effect. Then one day, when I was working to realize the perfect unity of God and man, I saw myself clearly as God's reflection. I saw that there was no bad self and no good self, but just reflection; and this filled me with so much joy that I forgot my body. When I remembered it again, as it were, I found that the dull pain which seemed always there had vanished, and I was absolutely free.
I am grateful for the physical healing, but far more grateful for the understanding of God, as Father-Mother, which Christian Science gives, and for its promise of dominion over all the earth. After having class instruction, my desire was to devote my whole time to the healing work; and doing this has shown me the truth of Carlyle's words: "Blessed is the man that has found his work. Let him ask no other blessedness."
