I am sincerely grateful for the many blessings which have come to me. As a child I was brought up in Christian Science, and during the past few years I have truly reaped a harvest of demonstrations, both small and great.
During the years in which I attended school, I had occasion to learn that the truths taught in the Christian Science Sunday School really heal when rightly applied. One summer I seemed to manifest an ugly spread of numerous and large boils over my entire body. When one healed, two more would take its place. A practitioner was called, but the matter grew worse. I could only walk occasionally with the support of a cane; it was impossible for me to wear any regular clothing, and I had to remain in bed in as comfortable a position as possible. After a month of this unaccustomed confinement, I held a consultation with myself and had a thorough mental house cleaning. I became less stubborn and a little more loving. Needless to say, through regeneration of thought and with the help of a practitioner and members of the family, I was able in another month to start school as usual. Some scars were still visible, but these eventually disappeared.
One Sunday while splitting a board with a very sharp hatchet, I missed the board, and the blade penetrated a trifle into the joint of a forefinger. This mended quickly and painlessly, and there was no stiffness. Upon graduating from high school, I was happy to find that through the years of attendance I had missed only about ten days; and during this time I had had many smaller healings, of mumps, colds, sprained fingers, and so on.
