I owe to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, gratitude which words cannot express, and I gratefully acknowledge all that Christian Science has done for me. Through my application of the truths it teaches, many physical ailments have yielded instantaneously; others have been slow in yielding. Many times problems in my work have disappeared quickly when I have applied the truth, for we know that Truth and error cannot mix any more than can light and darkness.
My first healing came while I knew very little about Christian Science. I had more faith in materia medica than in Science, so when I became very ill, I went to a doctor, who diagnosed the condition as an abscess. There was also a high temperature. I was urged to have an immediate operation, but since I knew a little about Science, I later that day called a Christian Science practitioner and asked for help. The practitioner recommended that I study the chapter on Prayer in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. Healing came on the fourth day, and on the next day I returned to my work. This proved to me that "man's extremity is God's opportunity."
This healing meant much to me, for it gave me new hope that I could be healed of a paralyzing spinal difficulty from which I had suffered extreme pain for seven years. Many doctors had told me that there was no cure, and that at best I would be a semi-invalid for the rest of my life. I was able to move my head only a little in any direction, and walking had become more and more difficult. My joy and gratitude knew no bounds, for now I knew that "with God all things are possible" (Matt. 19:26). Never once did I doubt, for I was learning that God had not made evil, and that therefore I could not reflect evil, and it was no part of me. Work was taken up for me by a Christian Science practitioner, and steady improvement was manifested. In less than six months the condition had gone, never to reappear. This healing occurred fifteen years ago.
