Gratitude to Mrs. Eddy for her wonderful teaching impels me to speak of at least one of the healings I have experienced through the understanding of the truth as taught by her in our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."
During the great war my health began to give my friends great anxiety. After I had tried in vain for some time to meet the condition, my friends, who were not Christian Scientists, begged me to see a physician and allow him to diagnose the case for their peace of mind. I submitted and was examined by a medical man, who was also a friend of the family and knew that I was a student of Christian Science. He told me frankly that I was suffering from internal cancer, but that he would like to make another examination a fortnight later and consult a colleague before he advised an operation. I had at the time a dear friend staying with me who was also a Christian Scientist. I took my trouble to her, and she and I began to work earnestly, with the result that when I was examined again there was no trace of cancer.
But the physician, puzzled at what he considered his mistake, warned me that in later years the trouble was bound to develop, and that I should have medical attention at once, or at least submit to an examination from time to time. So elated were we over this proof of the healing power of Christian Science that we paid but scant heed to his warning, and did not deal with it scientifically. Some fourteen years later my health once more failed, and I continued getting weaker and weaker until at last I could not walk or exert myself in any way. My family despaired of my life, as I got rapidly worse.
