About nine years ago Christian Science first came to my notice, finding me in a most unhappy condition mentally and physically. For three years I had been constantly under the care of doctors and had taken much medicine. Instead of being bettered, I grew worse, and finally lost faith in both; indeed, I wished that I could die, as it was such torture to feel so useless. I then began to pray to God to give me that peace of mind which this world could not give me; and my prayer was answered, for a few days later a friend gave me a copy of the Christian Science Sentinel to take home and read. I read it from beginning to end, and knew I had found what I had been searching for. I had found God. From that moment my outlook on life has been gradually changing. Oh, the joy to realize even in a small degree that sin, sickness, and death are unreal, and that man is made in God's image and likeness, spiritual! I am learning to rejoice over every experience, knowing that if we love God all things will work together for our good. I am gradually learning to listen for the "still small voice" of Truth, and to be guided by its angel-messages.
Christian Science has so changed my outlook on life that I am able to take up each day's work praising God all the time, and with a deep sense of gratitude to Mary Baker Eddy, our beloved Leader, for her unselfed love in giving to all mankind a religion which proves the truth of its teaching that God is Love, and that, as she says, "Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 454).
I have seen neurasthenia healed, gallstones, chicken pox, paralysis of the legs and feet, and many of the other ills "that flesh is heir to," besides lack of supply and lack of intelligence. I myself was healed of a bleeding ulcer. There was no sense of fear, but all the time I felt safe and secure in the everlasting arms of Love. Shortly after this testing time divine Love opened the way for me to have class instruction under a loving teacher.
