Three years ago I took up the study of Christian Science in earnest. At that time the doctor gave me up to hopeless invalidism, naming my diseases as hardening of the arteries, heart trouble, and high blood pressure—a cheerful outlook for an active woman of forty-nine years who was operating a tea room!
After I left the last doctor's office I was just able to reach a Christian Science Reading Room and call a practitioner, who took up the work for me, and was very patient, kind, and charitable. I grew discouraged many times, for along with my illness other discordant conditions arose to set me back, and I had plenty of "hills" to climb. When I look back now and realize how wonderfully I was taken care of, I marvel that I ever doubted. I was able to turn my business over to a couple who took care of it for me, and I went to my daughter's home, where I decided to trust God entirely. Each day I gleaned a little of the truth. The chapter entitled "Pond and Purpose" in "Miscellaneous Writings" by Mary Baker Eddy completely converted me. I found a "pearl of great price" while studying the ninety-first Psalm.
What joy and gratitude I feel for the complete healing I received! The climax came while I was a guest at the Sanatorium of The Christian Science Benevolent Association in Boston, where I was lovingly cared for. The fourth day I was there, as I sat in the beautiful and peaceful reception room studying the Lesson-Sermon from the Christian Science Quarterly, I experienced a sense of healing hard to explain; the cords of bondage were loosened right there and then, and I was made whole.
