For a long time I have wanted to express my gratitude for Christian Science through the periodicals. I have been interested in this Science for about fifteen years. When I was a young girl a woman whom I knew was healed of tuberculosis. That made a great impression on me. I loved this woman and used to go to see her when she was too ill even to raise her hand. She was instantaneously healed. My parents made light of it, but I always remembered this healing.
I was a member of an orthodox church for a good many years and was a faithful worker, but never seemed to be satisfied with results. As time went on I became so dissatisfied that I had no interest in church work at all, so I left the church altogether. Soon after this, Christian Science was presented to me by my daughter, who was a Scientist. I knew then that I had found the truth which I had been seeking all my life. As a little child I used to think about the stories in the Bible and wonder why people did not heal now as they did then.
I have had some wonderful demonstrations in Christian Science. One in particular stands out in my estimation. I fell through a trap door into the basement of my home, striking my head on the stone wall and cutting a deep hole in my head. As soon as I realized what I had done I declared the truth that God is my Life and that His child cannot be hurt in any way. I was "absent from the body" and "present with the Lord," for I did not suffer any pain whatsoever. My husband, who was not a Christian Scientist, wanted to call a doctor. I told him that my doctor was ever-present Mind, and that in reality I was not hurt. And I proved the power of God to be all that was needed, for in three days no trace of the fall was visible.
