As a student of Christian Science who has much to be thankful for I want to tell of what this new-old religion has done for me during the sixteen years that I have endeavored to follow its teachings.
For many years I had little interest in religion. My infrequent thought of God was of a magnified Being somewhere in the skies, and I was afraid of Him. I had seen physical healings as the result of the application of Christian Science treatment and thought this new healing faith was splendid for sickness; but I was not sick, so thought I had no need of Christian Science. An incident in my life created in me a desire to find a God I could understand. There was a copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, in our home. I picked it up and opened it at random. The logic of this book appealed to me. I decided to read it through, and did so. Then I began to read the Bible—and I found God, God whom I could comprehend. Attendance at Christian Science services and study of the weekly Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly were the next forward steps. Later I joined a Christian Science Society and The Mother Church.
The privilege of class instruction and the taking of some part in Christian Science activities have been among my many blessings. Before becoming interested in Christian Science I was a social drinker and an inveterate smoker, having used tobacco for over thirty years. The desire to continue these unfortunate habits left me completely, never to return. I have been healed of influenza, blood poisoning, ptomaine poisoning, and long-standing so-called hereditary sick headaches. It has been said that Christian Science is a business man's religion. I have proved beyond all doubt that this is true by daily demonstrating that the law of harmony is the law of God; for we may always be about our Father's business, and His business is the reflection of good and of nothing else.
