I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for Christian Science. My first healing occurred when I was about ten years old. I was completely healed in three Christian Science treatments of an uncontrollable twitching of the muscles, after doctoring in vain with the most reputable physicians in the city. I was also healed of stomach trouble and a very rundown condition generally. I experienced a number of other beautiful healings, but soon drifted back to materia medica and did not turn again to Christian Science until unhappiness and dissatisfaction forced me to do so.
This unfortunate mental state was of short duration, however, for our year-old son became very ill immediately upon our arrival in Florida, where we knew no one. We had taken him to a physician, but that night his condition alarmed us, and I ran to a neighbor for help. She proved to be a Christian Science practitioner, and I shall never forget my gratitude and contrition. I felt like the prodigal son returning to his home, and I knew that never again would I falter in my allegiance. The baby was healed that night, and in a few weeks my husband was attending the Christian Science services with me. From that time blessings have showered upon us.
This same little son has had many healings, that of scarlet fever and of a badly crushed nose standing out most prominently in my recollection. In the first instance our fear for him was overcome the first day, and the period of quarantine was really a very peaceful and blessed time. The second healing was one of the most remarkable in our experience. For five days the child lay, not touching food and suffering with a disfigured and swollen face. I was in a greatly troubled mental state all through the period of treatment, fearing that without the services of a surgeon he might suffer lifelong disfigurement. On the afternoon of the fifth day, however, as I sat beside him, trying to grasp what I was reading in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, I looked up and found that he was gazing at me very placidly, all fever gone, and ready to eat. He looked different, and in a very short time his profile was restored to normal.
