I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me. As a child I longed to have lived in Jesus' time, so as to have been near him and to have gone to him for healing. Then I would ponder his words, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world," but mystery seemed to surround them. I kept searching for an explanation of life.
Three weeks after the birth of our son, I was brought home from the hospital a physical wreck as a result of heavy lifting and overwork. I was pronounced by our physician one of the worst cases he had ever examined of displaced organs and stretched ligaments. He said: "As soon as you have gained sufficient strength, we will operate—twice will be necessary. And then we do not know that it will do any good." I felt I could not go through these experiment. A few days later a neighbor presented Christian Science to me and I began reading a Christian Science Sentinel. And oh! the joy of finding a religion that could be applied to each and every problem of daily life!
I had been reared in a Christian home. My dear parents had taught me to study the Bible, to attend church services regularly with them, and to look to God for my well-being; but Christian Science has taught me what God is and how to avail myself of His ever-presence.
