When I was a little girl I learned that Christian Science heals, but like many others I thought I was too busy either to study it or to use it. But, as I look back over the many things which I have to be grateful for. the experience closest to my heart is the one that finally brought me to the door of a Christian Science practitioner's office honestly seeking help. I say "finally," because I had had healings in Christian Science before, accepted them, and gone on my way. This time it was different. I was not only very sick, but very much frightened, for the medical verdict was that I must have a complete change.
The morning came when I knew that there was, but one course ahead for me and that was complete reliance on Christian Science. I found a copy of the Journal and began to search the list of practitioners, but I was at loss to select one. The next morning I again read the names over, and by noon I was thoroughly discouraged. What I did not know then, but do now, is that divine Principle was already operating in my behalf and I could not fail in my search. As I began to give way to a deeper sense of discouragement, I thought, "You can look once more, can you not?" Opening the Journal I saw one name which stood out crystal-clear. Within half an hour I was in the practitioner's office. When I arrived I could not even speak, but I did not have to, for I had found the love and understanding that instantaneously healed me of what doctors were calling a complete breakdown. That was over four years ago, and out of this experience have come health, home, and church; and with the putting off of the old and the putting on of the new I have found a joy and peace never before known to me.
I could never be grateful enough to God for this healing and to Mary Baker Eddy for her courage and perseverance in giving Christian Science to the world. I am also grateful for membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church.— Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
