I came into Christian Science through gratitude for the healing of my mother. I was thirteen years of age at the time, and after her healing I went to her with eyes filled with tears of gratitude and asked if I might not go to the Christian Science Sunday School.
I was in Science three years before I had need of physical healing. A tiny growth appeared on my upper lip which I ignored. It grew to quite a large size and was an ugly wart. I had this growth for five months. I now stood at the testing point; I had accepted Christian Science as a religion for myself, and as both a religion and a physician for my mother. Kind friends were suggesting the electric needle, but I was willing to rely on God. For "what God cannot do, man need not attempt," Mrs. Eddy tells us in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 231). I went to a practitioner, who said that she would gladly help me, but that there was something for me to do. We took up work on true growth, and in three weeks' time the error had completely vanished, and my lip was perfectly clear and smooth. During this time I did not dwell on it in my thoughts, or stand before the mirror in making my toilet.
While in Boston I felt the desire better to serve the Cause, a privilege I am now preparing for at the Sanatorium of The Christian Science Benevolent Association. I am grateful for membership in The Mother Church and for the privilege of service in a branch church prior to coming here. The help and protection resulting from class instruction under a loyal teacher are realized daily, and striving to be a Christian Scientist I esteem a privilege and duty.— Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
