On returning to New York City in June, 1912, I met a friend whom I had known some years before in San Francisco. In the meantime, he had become interested in Christian Science and he began to tell me of the testimony meetings and of the wonderful accounts of healing which he had heard there. As I was very much impressed with this, he lent me the volume which includes "Unity of Good" and other writings by Mrs. Eddy. I read nothing else for five weeks, at the end of which time I was healed of profanity and of a functional trouble of years' standing. Then my friend directed me to a Christian Science Reading Room, where I found the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
A year later, while having Christian Science treatment, I was healed of the desire for liquor, and later on the smoking habit and other sinful indulgences were overcome. Since then there have been many healings, physical and moral.
One Sunday morning my wife awakened in pain so severe that the mental state bordered on delirium. I had been making a closer and more prayerful study of "the scientific statement of being" on page 468 of Science and Health for some time prior to this. As I endeavored to lift my thought above all sense of personal relationship and materiality, and to know that divine Love is first and All, the words of "the scientific statement of being" came spontaneously. The pain ceased; in fact, my wife felt relief immediately. However, in just one week she experienced a similar attack, and while momentary relief came when work was done, the attacks would return with more violence. About noon she felt it would be impossible to endure the pain much longer, and said that if I had any fear I should call for help. When I thought of leaving the room to telephone a sense of panic and confusion seized me, and I knew it was not right to go. As I stood still and realized that God is ever present, ever available, ever operative, fear left me and I told my wife so. In a few moments an internal growth, of which we were not aware, came away. For deliverance from this condition we were deeply grateful; but for the vision gained through right persistence in the truth, only continuous loving service can prove our gratitude.
