Many are the benefits I have received since taking up the study of Christian Science thirteen years ago. I am especially grateful for the correct understanding of the Bible that Christian Science has given me— to know that it is evil that is to be "cast out into outer darkness," and not God's children. By demonstration I am learning to appreciate more and more all the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and to realize something of her wonderful work for all mankind. I love and enjoy reading all the publications of The Christian Science Publishing Society. I have a very deep sense of gratitude for the spiritual hymns contained in the Christian Science Hymnal, the application of which has destroyed many false beliefs which have presented themselves to my consciousness for acceptance.
One healing, which I should like to relate, took place one summer when I was on a trip to Niagara Falls with my parents. We had made the last stop on the famous "Gorge Route" and were ready to go back to the city. We waited some time for a car to discharge a sufficient number of passengers at this stop to permit us to get on, but as it was about the middle of the afternoon, and it looked as though there might be rain, very few persons got off, although it was one of the most interesting stops on the trip. Finally, my father suggested that we walk back to the next stop, as others were doing. As this was quite a distance and I had been over the route twice before without experiencing any difficulty in getting a car, it seemed to me unnecessary. After some little time, my father signified his intention of walking. We then told him we would meet him at the hotel in Buffalo, if we became separated. Time passed, and still we were unable to get aboard any of the cars that came. My mother and I then decided that perhaps it would be better for us to walk back too, as we had to leave Buffalo that night, reservations having been made on a steamer leaving at nine o'clock.
The footpath was much lower than the embankment upon which the car track lay, and as I walked along, trying to realize God's presence and guidance, an approaching car stopped to take us on. Two men assisted us to board the car, but in doing so, I wrenched my leg on what seemed to be the unusually high step; but this was not the cause of the trouble, for my mother experienced no inconvenience. I did not seem to be able to cross my feet, and the suggestion came, Here you are, away from home and all night to travel; your parents are not Scientists, and it would not be convenient to call a practitioner when you reach the city—the time is too short! I then turned my thought unreservedly to divine Mind for help, and immediately the words came to me, as contained in the well-known hymn beginning "Onward, Christian Soldiers":
