My acquaintance with Christian Science began in the Christian Science Sunday School, when I was a small boy. There I early learned the Christian Science definition of God; also something of the spiritual meaning of the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, and other truths taught to the children.
One of the first demonstrations of the efficacy of Christian Science in which I had a part came after I had attended the Sunday school for about a year. It was the recovery of a silver coin that was dropped in the snow about dusk. After diligent search with a lantern had failed to locate the coin, my mother and I discussed the matter, declaring the truth that there are no losses in divine Mind. The next noon, on returning from school, I saw the coin at the edge of the sidewalk, where the melted snow revealed it. Although many persons had passed the spot during the morning, it remained for its owner to retrieve. Naturally this made a great impression on my mother and me.
About a year before I reached the age of twenty, when I would no longer be eligible to attend our Sunday school, it was revealed to me that it was right to apply for church membership. I discussed this important step with my mother, who spoke to me of the value of readiness to serve in the church, and of serving always as well as possible. The importance of willing service with the true sense of humility was thus brought very forcibly to my thought, and as a result a good portion of my time has been occupied along lines that have brought a greater spiritual unfoldment and more of real satisfaction and the peace "which passeth all understanding." The experience is mentioned here in the hope that it may help others.
