The great peace, which comes in some measure to all who love Christian Science and strive to understand and live it, has come to me, and I am indeed a grateful witness to its healing and redeeming power. Many years ago, at a time when I seemed with "no hope, and without God in the world," and when medical science, which I had employed almost constantly for several years, gave me no hope of relief from several supposedly incurable diseases, Christian Science was presented to me by a friend who had been healed by it of almost total blindness. Knowing nothing of Christian Science, and having no conscious faith in any power to help me, I turned to it for physical relief and received wonderful help through the loving work of a practitioner; so that I was able to walk again, something which I had not done without much suffering for a long time.
This healing proved to me conclusively that Christian Science is the truth; and I have never turned to any other means of help at any time since, although I did not study enough or learn to apply it for myself until forced to do so by greater trials and more suffering. But as proofs of healing of all kinds accumulated in my experience during the years, I saw clearly that Christian Science is truly God's law, and that because it is, it must be studied and obeyed, become vital and constantly active in every experience of life. As the result of earnest effort in this direction I have come to be more and more "glad for every scalding tear" (Poems, by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 4), and for all the suffering; for it has been made plain that the state of belief in which Christian Science found me needed these experiences.
So, unfoldment came to me; and the physical healings, the conquering of fear in varied forms, progress in overcoming the temptation to criticize and take offense, and release from loneliness and a sense of isolation from God and His law, have been very wonderful; but that which means most to me is that in this seeking for God and striving to serve Him, as we are taught to do in Christian Science, I have found the greatest work there is to be done, and now know that I shall be busy and joyous in it always.
