About six months before I took up Christian Science I had gone through a very serious operation, but had not fully recovered when the doctors said that in order to get relief I should have to undergo another operation immediately. They felt rather doubtful of the outcome, on account of the physical condition I was in at that time. As I was always a believer in prayer, and felt that "with God all things are possible," I prayed to God to guide me in the right steps to take, and I was lovingly led to Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy tells us on page 254 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously, He directs our path."
I knew very little about Christian Science, but thought that it taught prayer for the healing of the sick, so I decided to try this method. The practitioner to whom I went lovingly explained something of what Christian Science teaches, and I asked for help. After a few treatments she told me that if I would get Science and Health and study it, I should be greatly benefited. I went to a Reading Room and looked inside a copy of the textbook, but I was quite disappointed, for I, like Naaman when he went to Elisha for healing, had pictured in my thought what it should be like. Nevertheless, I took the book to the librarian and told her I had come to buy it, but felt a little undecided, as it was not what I thought it was going to be. She then told me of a healing that had taken place in her family through the reading of Science and Health. I was instantly healed of all prejudice toward this book, for which I then expressed my gratitude, and walked out of the Reading Room rejoicing. I began to study Christian Science, and in about eight months I was healed of a tumor, which completely disappeared. This healing took place about fifteen years ago. At that time a debt that had seemed impossible to pay was soon paid without any great effort, and our home became very much more harmonious.
In the fifteen years I have been studying Christian Science, I have been healed of chronic sick headaches, influenza, stomach trouble, rheumatism, chronic constipation, granulated eyelids, and various other conditions. My youngest son was healed in a very few treatments of bronchitis and heart trouble, after the doctors said that in order to save his life we should have to take him to a higher and drier climate. This healing expelled from my consciousness the illusion of atmosphere or climate as having any power over God's child.
