This testimony is given with a loving desire to glorify God and to encourage other seekers for the light.
When I was almost ready to graduate from a midwestern high school, misfortune and poverty befell our home and caused my health to fail. A kind friend sent me to a Christian Science practitioner, whose work during the summer gradually restored my usual vigor, and in the autumn I was permitted to make up the six weeks' work and to receive a diploma with honors.
The understanding and courage derived from attendance at a Christian Science Sunday School, together with the love and fellowship of friends who were also students of this Science, enabled me to work my way through normal school. It is not easy to put into words the comfort and inspiration I received from the study of our beloved textbooks, the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, when, in extreme youth, I was called upon to make important decisions. During subsequent years, as marriage and motherhood brought me new responsibilities, my childlike faith in God's great goodness unfolded increasing proofs of His ceaseless care.
One night when our son was sick with a fever, and a practitioner had worked faithfully without apparent results, I retired in deep humility. I thanked God for the prayers of devout Christian Science friends whose children had been healed; I was grateful for the blessings which had come to all little children because of our dear Leader's discovery of this truth; and then my prayer included universal humanity in loving embrace. I forgot all else in praise to God for His bountiful goodness to others. Suddenly I was roused by the happy cooing of the baby. As he had been released from the bondage of my fear, he had responded readily to the healing influence of his Father-Mother God, who cared for him better than I could.
During a period of nearly three years, while struggling to overcome what seemed an incurable disease, I made an intensive study of the Bible and our Leader's writings. The long, dark hours of discouragement were forgotten in gratitude for the patience and fortitude of the practitioner who supported me during this trial, and the purification and peace which took place in my thought are beyond price. As I learned to know God better, a transformation was manifest in greater dominion over error, and the physical condition was healed.
This beautiful truth is harmonizing my domestic life, bringing the joy and security of happy companionship. The highlight in my experience has been the sweet privilege of class instruction and the yearly association with other students, whose loyalty to our beloved Cause is a constant source of inspiration and gratitude.— Beverly Hills, California.
