As Christian Scientists "we acknowledge and adore one supreme and infinite God," as one of our Tenets says (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 497). We accept the Word of the Bible that God made all that was made and that it was very good. Acknowledging and resting in this fact has enabled me to prove in countless instances that nothing unlike God, good, can have power or presence.
When the temptation to believe in a power apart from God has appeared in my experience, whether through accident, sickness, or discord of any kind, it has been necessary only to turn from the mental picture presented to the fact of the oneness and allness of God, to the perfection of being. Thus, that which appeared as disease, accident, or inharmony vanished. I have rejoiced over many healings in Christian Science; but my joy has been fuller because the suggestions of evil or error have lessened, and I understand more and more clearly that through reliance on God as the only power and presence I am freed from subjection to any so-called material law.
A few years ago, when leaving the home of a friend, I caught my heel on the top step and fell several feet, landing on my head on a cement sidewalk. The pain was intense and the material evidence that of a very serious situation, but after a few moments I was conscious of my son's holding me in a sitting position and declaring that I was all right and that there were no accidents in divine Mind. There were a number of other students of Christian Science present, and all of course were endeavoring to see the truth of the situation. I was helped into the car and driven home, where I was able to prepare for bed. It was difficult for me to think consistently, but the words of our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, kept coming to me (Science and Health, p. 228): "There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence has all-power, and to acknowledge any other power is to dishonor God." I held to that thought until I was able to realize it clearly. In the morning I arose at the usual time and attended to all my duties, working until late that evening. The healing was complete in a very short time, despite the belief of age; and my neighbor, who came in a number of times during the day, knew nothing whatever of the situation until several days later. There were no aftereffects. I rejoice in those words of Mrs. Eddy (ibid., p. 246): "The radiant sun of virtue and truth coexists with being. Manhood is its eternal noon, undimmed by a declining sun."
