Forty years ago, having neglected to use what I learned in my early religious training, I unprogressively leaned towards atheism. In 1925 was published in the Christian Science Sentinel my introduction to a Christian Science lecture, in which I said in part: "Before I began the study of Christian Science I was a most emphatic and determined foe of all things which I thought Christian Science represented. About fifteen years ago, however, with startling suddenness and as the direct result of my first half-hour's earnest study of the Christian Science textbook, 'Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures' by Mary Baker Eddy, I was permanently healed of a very painful and seemingly hopeless eye trouble. Previous to that time I had been bound to the use of glasses for thirteen years. By that wonderful healing and others that followed, together with the solving of many perplexing business problems, I have come to know, in a measure, the omnipotence and everpresence of God, and how Christian Science can be applied to every need."
Until seven years ago that first healing stood out in my thoughts as the most wonderful about which I had ever heard or read. Then I saw a healing that made mine insignificant.
We were wintering in Arizona to be near our son, who was attending a ranch school for boys. He was complaining of eyestrain and headaches. His mother took him to the most reputable oculist available. Word came that the oculist wanted me to come to the office for consultation. The oculist was visibly alarmed. He insisted that I immediately telephone to an oculist in Ohio and fly there with our son the next day. He further confided in me his findings—a malignant growth that would necessitate the removal of the eyeball, but he wanted a check by another oculist before operating.
