During the first World War I became interested in Christian Science through a tenant, who told me of an experience with her baby. When the baby accidentally drank carbolic acid, the mother called a practitioner. Soon the child threw up the poison and quietly went to sleep. Later when he awakened, all physical signs of the poison were gone. This healing so impressed me that I asked her if Christian Science could heal a skin trouble which I had had for several years. She assured me that if I was obedient I could be healed. I called on the practitioner who had helped the baby, and she gave me some studying to do. It took some time for me to overcome this trouble, for I made a reality of the error. I had to learn to have one God. As I learned to overcome many undesirable traits of character, the trouble gradually vanished, and my skin became clear.
At the same time my husband became interested in Christian Science while he was in the Marines. Nevertheless, when the war was over we decided to look into different religions. In Christian Science we found peace and comfort through an understanding of God. Since then we have reared our three children in this Science, and they have learned to apply it to their own problems. Our son has been wonderfully protected during the last war, for which we are indeed very grateful. One of our daughters, when an infant, was healed of burns. The other daughter was healed of whooping cough at two years of age. The child went into a spasm, then became cold, apparently lifeless. I called the practitioner and my husband. He held the child in his arms and repeated the twenty-third Psalm, then put the child to bed, all the while knowing that she was in God's care. In a few minutes she cried, so I called the practitioner, who said, "Be grateful, be very grateful." We were, and are, so very grateful for our many demonstrations.
I have learned the truth of Mrs. Eddy's statement in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 204): "By purifying human thought, this state of mind permeates with increased harmony all the minutiæ of human affairs. It brings with it wonderful foresight, wisdom, and power; it unselfs the mortal purpose, gives steadiness to resolve, and success to endeavor." When we have become willing to say, "Thy will be done," we find that God does govern our human affairs. Moffatt's translation reads (Ps. 46:10), "Give in, ... admit that I am God."
