Not because the physical is by any means the most important do I stress it, for it cannot compare with the peace that comes through practice of the teachings of Christian Science, or with the realization of the truth which heals our supposed ills, and which makes us truly happy. Nothing can compare with the spiritual peace which Christian Science brings. I feel I can talk with some authority, having at various times tried spiritualism and read books on and listened to the teachings of Hindu Orientalism.
My healings have included mental corrections as to church organization, as well as the correcting of erroneous physical manifestations. Briefly, I came into Christian Science as a child about ten years old, attended the Sunday school for about five years, and was a regular attendant at church services for about eight years. During this time, through a parent, I was forced to be under the direction and control of one who subsequently became disloyal to the Cause of Christian Science. Though I was too young to see through the wrong teachings and preachings of this one, these teachings made me unhappy. Therefore, discouraged, I left Christian Science—or thought I did; at least I stopped reading and going to church.
Not many years after, I became ill. I had what the doctors called intestinal paralysis, chronic constipation, and stomach displacement. The doctors supported their diagnosis by a series of X-ray photographs. After I had gone from one doctor to another for a number of years, a friend found me one day on my way to self-destruction and took me to a loving and loyal practitioner.
