From time to time I have asked myself, What have I demonstrated in Christian Science? I feel the time has now come to enumerate some of the many benefits that have come to me and mine through the study and application of this Science, and to express in some slight measure my ever increasing gratitude.
When Christian Science first found me I was in a hospital, being prepared by the nurses for a major operation. In my hand was a Christian Science Sentinel. I never knew whence it came. They took it from me and laid it on the bedside table. Hours later, when I regained consciousness following the operation, the Sentinel was still there. After several weeks, when I was removed to my home, the Sentinel went along.
After long and faithful care, the physician in charge of my case decided that the operation was not altogether successful, and told my family that he could do nothing more for me, intimating that my condition was incurable. I overheard his statement, and reached out blindly to God for help. For the first time I opened the Sentinel which had companioned me for weeks. I found therein a short testimony, which told of the healing of a woman whose physical condition was very similar to my own. For several days I read and reread that testimony; then I began to ask for information concerning Christian Science. I had heard of it, but knew nothing of practitioners and thought I had to do something or go somewhere to learn of the necessary procedure.
