I began the study of Christian Science several years ago, not for physical healing, but because of its beautiful, absolute, spiritual teaching, revealing truths I had hoped in vain to find in my former church. However, in a short time I was overjoyed to find that just through reading, accepting as true, and obeying what I understood of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, I was healed of the aftereffects of an operation performed a short time before our son was born.
With sincere gratitude I realized I had at last found the "pearl of great price," and that the beautiful healings we read of throughout the Bible can be experienced here and now. The leaven of Truth was at work in our home. All of our Leader's writings were purchased and read and all of the literature subscribed for and read. In referring to one of the periodicals, Mrs. Eddy says that it "is designed to bring health and happiness to all households wherein it is permitted to enter" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 262). Also, in the same book (p. 336) she says of divine Science, "Wherever one ray of its effulgence looks in upon the heart, behold a better man, woman, or child." So at once our home began to improve in every way. Fear, doubt, lack, sickness, and inharmony are being replaced with love, trust, plenty, health, and harmony.
One healing for which I am especially grateful was that of a very severe case of double pneumonia, when our son was very young. A doctor had been called in upon the insistence of a member of the family, and when it seemed that the child was passing on a Christian Science practitioner was called again and asked for help which was lovingly given, and in less than ten minutes the child was conscious and asked for food. The next day he was able to go out of doors, and went to Sunday school on the following Sunday.
