I wish to tell of the incident that caused me to become interested in Christian Science. My brother had passed on, and as I was the only unmarried member of the family, it seemed to be my duty to take care of his wife and three small children. I was endeavoring to occupy two positions, as bookkeeper and stenographer, working from seven in the morning until ten in the evening. This I felt was necessary so that I should be able to maintain his little family and pay off the mortgage on their home. I continued on in this way for several years, and then it seemed that I was overwhelmed, a nervous wreck, and would have to retire from the business field and take a complete rest. This seemed almost an impossibility—I knew not how my obligations would be met. At that time I had a very dear friend who, according to a physical diagnosis, was in the last stages of consumption. I had not talked to her for several months, as my conversations with her always left me in such a depressed state of mind. This did not seem right, so eventually I telephoned her. Her cheerfulness was so apparent that I knew her physical condition was greatly improved and asked for an explanation. She told me Christian Science had been her panacea. I concluded then and there that if she could be so benefited, I could be also. I immediately purchased "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy and eagerly perused its contents. It gave me such illumination on the Bible! The following Sunday I attended a Christian Science church, and was very favorably impressed. While there such peace of mind came upon me. I at once began to know the nothingness of the various ills that were trying to attach themselves to me. So wonderfully was I made free that there was no necessity for my taking that compulsory vacation.
Some years later, I married and was blessed with a little boy, who is in constant attendance at the Christian Science Sunday School. He had just been enrolled in kindergarten when the teacher sent home a note saying that we had better keep him at home and call a physician, as she found he had high temperature. I felt with my slight understanding the difficulty could be handled, but his father became alarmed and insisted upon calling a physician. This was done, and after examination, the doctor said the child was coming out of a bad case of double pneumonia, but he left no medicine. That evening sudden fear took possession of me, the temperature seemed to rise to an alarming degree, and the child was talking incoherently. I asked permission of my husband to get in touch with a Christian Science practitioner, and he consented; and it was but a short time until the boy was sleeping peacefully.
I am grateful for the Manual, for the Christian Science literature, for the Sunday school, where the children may learn the truth; also, for membership in The Mother Church, and for being permitted to teach in the Sunday school of a branch church, of which I am a member.— Denver, Colorado.
