It is with a deep sense of gratitude for Christian Science and for its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, whose love for and fidelity to good enabled her to be the revelator of Truth to this age, that I send this testimony.
While traveling in a southern state, I met a friend whom I had not seen for some time. He told me that he had become a student of Christian Science and explained some of its teachings, reading at times from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. At the end of our visit, he remarked that if I would purchase a copy of Science and Health and study it, I would find it a profitable investment. Although I was not in need of physical healing, what I had learned about Christian Science appealed to me as practical, something which would help me in my everyday life. I purchased a copy of Science and Health, a Bible, and a Christian Science Quarterly, and from that time on, much of my spare time was spent in the study of these books. The spiritual meaning seemed to come very slowly.
About four months later, I experienced a deep sense of resentment toward a friend of many years' standing who, I thought, had treated me very unfairly. There followed three or four sleepless nights, during which time I was torn between the desire to get even and the thought of forgiveness. Finally one night soon after I retired, these words of Jesus came into my mind, "I can of mine own self do nothing." Then I thought, I will leave it with God. At that instant these words, seeming to be written in light, appeared before me, filling the room with illumination: "God is Love." I was healed of all resentment toward this man. Compassion and love filled my thought. I had indeed touched the hem of Christ's garment, and a feeling of peace and joy indescribable filled my heart. The thought came to me that I should now be able to understand better what I read in the Bible and Science and Health. After a night of peaceful sleep, I opened the textbook and began to read. It was a new book; its pages were illumined, and I knew that Mrs. Eddy had discovered the Christ, Truth, which Jesus taught and practiced, and had given it to me and to all others who would accept it.
