Over thirty years ago I first felt the healing and redeeming power of Truth as revealed in Christian Science. Many and varied are the blessings that have been mine in the intervening years, but the most important has been the healing of a belief in and fear of heredity. Freedom came, finally, through the spiritualization of thought which accompanied the healing of arthritis in a severe form. Because of insurance it was necessary that a physician examine me. Meantime I had consulted a Christian Science practitioner and had been thoroughly persuaded that medical opinions need cause no concern. Circumstances prevented me from talking with the practitioner during this incident, but I felt the support of Truth and never doubted the outcome. I should like to express humble gratitude for the devotion of the practitioner and of the friend who saw my need and met it by taking me to her home.
Realizing that the physician was doing his duty, which did not affect me nor interfere with my obedience to the teachings of Christian Science, I did not find it necessary at any time to discuss the physical conditions, nor was medical treatment suggested. Later I learned that he had consulted several other physicians and none could reconcile the apparent symptoms of arthritis in an acute form with the perfectly normal action of my heart. Heart disease, supposed to be inherited, had been overcome at the time of my first healing. How I rejoiced in this proof that what God has done is done forever!
It was predicted that I would be helpless for a long time, that surgical treatment would be necessary, and that I would carry scars the rest of my life. The fever abated in the second week and swelling subsided. At the end of the fifth week I was able to resume all normal activities. Three months later, when engaged in the strenuous activities of playground supervision, I realized that all evidence of the incident had vanished.
