Through gaining the right idea of substance, as taught in Christian Science, and holding steadfastly to that fact in spite of all evidence to the contrary, I have made most satisfactory demonstrations of supply. Even in the face of alarming situations the truth declared and clung to has not failed. These words from "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 307) have in times of need been to me an unfailing source of comfort and inspiration: "Never ask for to-morrow: it is enough that divine Love is an ever-present help; and if you wait, never doubting, you will have all you need every moment."
I have been healed of heart trouble, a condition manifested since childhood. After I was grown I had a severe attack of diphtheria. I was left in a most unhealthy condition as a result of the large quantity of antitoxin administered. I suffered continually with my heart; I had no feeling in my hands or feet, and my eyesight was such that I could not see to read any print smaller than the headlines of a newspaper. I knew very little about Christian Science, but the few statements I had learned were with me constantly, and I felt that in Christian Science lay my only hope of ever being well. As soon as I could go out alone I found a practitioner, and treatment was taken up for me. During the third week my sight became normal, and for this my joy was unspeakable. Feeling gradually returned to my hands and feet, but it was several months before this part of the healing was complete. The heart trouble was the last to yield, because of the greater fear connected with this difficulty. I had help from different practitioners, and it was a number of years before the fear was entirely destroyed and the complete healing manifested.
Twenty years have elapsed since I first found Christian Science, and in that time the truth has sustained me through many a battle. Looking back I see clearly that the real need was to give up the false concept of self, to learn that "there is but one I, or Us" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 588). I have learned that suffering is always due to disobedience to God's law; that we suffer when we turn away from God, good, never when we turn to our Father-Mother God, who has for us only love.
