In the winter of 1917 I went to a Christian Science Wednesday evening testimony meeting out of curiosity. The Bible and our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, were both strangers to me then. I did not understand a line from either of them, but felt the great peace of that meeting and longed for the following Wednesday to come. I was given a copy of The Christian Science Journal as I left the church. The articles were quite incomprehensible to me, but I devoured the testimonies. While I was thus occupied, after the third Wednesday evening meeting Science and Health was offered on loan if I thought I would care to read it. Gladly it was accepted; and in taking it from the friendly hand I took off my glasses, thinking of a testimony I had been reading of sight healing. When I opened the book I saw the words (Pref., p. vii), "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings." I read on right through the night without my glasses. My sight was restored. I had expected to become blind, such being the verdict pronounced by an eye specialist. I should like here to express my gratitude for the gentle kindness the specialist had shown.
The first lesson I had to learn in Christian Science was the giving up of self-will and of planning, to both of which I had been a slave all my life. From childhood I had only myself to look to; but through great suffering and bitter tears I at last learned the lesson, and I have never looked back since, though the waters have often been deep and stormy. I have caught a glorious glimpse of Truth; and can I ever be dismayed? Christian Science has drastically changed my whole concept of life, and has meant, right from the start, a radical turning away from all I had ever known before. I have experienced instantaneous healings other than that of my sight, one quite recently from a severe attack of heart trouble, and another, from a subtle form of error. For all God's loving mercies I am more humbly grateful than words can ever tell. When the heart is full, the lips are apt to be mute.
Christian Science means everything to me, and my prayer is that I may grow in grace and prove my faith by works. For the privilege of membership in The Mother Church and in a Christian Science Society; for class instruction; and for the inestimable privilege of being able to work in and for our beloved Cause, I give everlasting thanks. For our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, my love grows daily as my understanding enlarges its borders. "Day by day the manna fell" applies to all our literature, which I love and always look forward to receiving and reading.— Ashford, Kent, England.
