It is with deep gratitude to our Father-Mother God for Christian Science and for the help which I have received through reading the testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals that I wish to share the following experience.
For some time it has been my happy privilege to serve as Sunday school superintendent in a branch church. Once while I was at the desk, I suddenly became ill, but by quickly handling mentally error's false claim to reality and realizing its powerlessness, the trouble disappeared. No one present noticed anything unusual.
After a few days several other difficulties appeared. Denouncing the illusion of intelligent matter, I turned vehemently upon death, fear of which had presented itself. I said, in the words of our blessed Master, Christ Jesus, "You are 'a liar, and the father of it.'" Then I added: "You cannot make me either fear you or desire you as an easy way of escape from a troubled world or keep me from facing you and your false array of beliefs which you claim to bring, even though they are legion. You cannot make me accept them as real or as part of infinite good. You may even claim to do your worst, but you can never touch God and His idea, man. I am that idea right here and now; this is my divine birthright. I stand on this."
