Christian Science has been for many years and is now a constant source of comfort and help to me in every way. Before learning of this inspired illumination of Truth, I was a sad, melancholy person. One of my best friends has since told me that she had always loved me, but that there was a time when she dreaded to have me come around, because I was so unhappy and cried so much. Everything seemed wrong, and everything seemed to be a sin. I had no joy in anything. The truths taught in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, have lifted me out of this condition and are sustaining me and opening my eyes to behold God's love and goodness expressed all around us.
I should like to tell of two of the many healings I have experienced. In moving to another state, I was told that in that particular locality there was much malaria, and that I should be exposed to chills and fever. I knew very little of the protective power of Truth, and consequently during the first autumn, chills and fever manifested themselves. My family bitterly opposed what they believed Christian Science to be, and were ever beseeching me to take some medicine to break the chills. I had Christian Science treatment, but the error in my thought delayed the healing. I was so weary that I finally consented to take some quinine. The spell seemed to be broken for a while, but the following autumn the chills and fever reappeared in severer form. I then made my decision to stick to Science and prove its healing efficacy. I had two chills, and the day arrived which my family said was my "chill day." I knew, and said, that God had never made a "chill day," for He is the Giver of every good and perfect gift. I called a practitioner and told her what had occurred and of my decision to stick to Truth, and asked her to work for me. The third chill never developed, and I have never had a return of either the chills or the fever. I took an automobile trip that afternoon, with no bad effects. Mrs. Eddy tells us in the textbook (p.167), "Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized."
Let me here speak a word of gratitude for the faithful and loving practitioners, who stand ready and willing to help at all times.
