Christian Science has brought many blessings to me and to our home. My first healing was remarkable to us. After I had had several major and minor operations and a severe head injury, a desire to try Christian Science came to me as a possible way out of these unhappy experiences. A few months later several back teeth were extracted, and a number of stitches were taken to hold the gums in place. On the way home from the dentist's office, when I was feeling much self-pity for the suffering I expected to have for about a week, these words came to me: "Now is your time to try Christian Science."
Immediately I drove to the home of a friend whom I knew to be a Christian Scientist, borrowed a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and visited a practitioner, who lovingly explained Christian Science to me. That evening, in studying the textbook and learning many passages, I felt regenerated by these wonderful truths. Although my jaw was painful I was not discouraged, but rather lifted above the pain. After a full night's rest I awoke to find that the stitches had broken, and I was able to remove them without difficulty.
Firmly believing that the healing Principle could be proved, and that I could be relieved of the intense pain, I read and studied most of the day. During dinner, at which we had a guest, the conversation, through no effort of mine, turned to the topic of religion. Our guest stated he believed religion had done the world no good at all. Without naming Christian Science I said I had recently become interested in a religion which I believed would do more for the world than any other religion had ever done. As soon as the sentence was finished I felt a movement in my jaw, and instantly every bit of throbbing pain ceased. Such a wonderful feeling of happiness and comfort took possession of me that I knew this divine Principle had been proved.
