When I first began the study of Christian Science, seven years ago, domestic conditions were very inharmonious. I wanted happiness so much that I was prepared to be receptive to all the good I could find.
One great lesson, after healings of malarial fever and influenza, came after the birth of our son. I had a wonderful opportunity to prove the protecting love of God. I left the nursing home when the baby was twelve days old, and for seven days his bowels did not move. Fear consumed me. I did metaphysical work, but it seemed of no avail. The child, however, was only restless, but not ill. I left him alone one afternoon and went for a walk on the farm. The problem remained uppermost in my thought. Suddenly I realized that I had no fear. When I got home his bowels had acted freely. This overcoming of fear was indeed a lesson to me.
I am especially grateful to Christian Science for the renewed health I have enjoyed. All my life I had suffered from anemia, constipation, and great lassitude after any exertion, and I had never been without an iron tonic of some sort. Since taking up the study of Christian Science I have been able to do hard work all day, and every day, without any ill effects whatever.
