Over thirteen years ago we lived in a southern city, where I was a member of a Church of Christ, Scientist. I was also the chairman of a committee that had planned a meeting to which the entire membership was invited and for which much prayerful preparation work had been done. When we arrived at the church, I found that I had left my glasses at home, but it was too late to go back for them. I had worn glasses for over fifteen years for reading, and at first a sense of fear took possession of me because I had a great deal of reading to do at the meeting. I asked my husband to support me, and I mentally declared the truth to the best of my ability. When I began to read, the words stood out plainly, and I was able to do my part successfully without the glasses.
We drove some friends home that evening, and when I remarked how grateful I was for the experience, immediately one of them said, "This is your opportunity to prove once and for all that you need never put on glasses again." That remark startled me, for I had not thought of such a thing. The next day I tried to read the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly without glasses; it was a real challenge. For many days I worked and prayed, but there was no visible improvement. Many mortal mind arguments presented themselves. I studied Mrs. Eddy's definition of "eyes" in the Glossary of Science and Health (p. 586) and everything else I could find that she has written on the subject of sight. One day the angel thought came to me that if I had a pain I would know immediately that it was no part of man, who is God's perfect reflection. Then I saw that defective vision is no part of His reflection.
From that day my sight began to improve. Not long afterward, as I was sitting in church one Wednesday evening, a veil seemed to envelop my eyes; I could hardly see the people sitting beside me. Immediately the thought came to me that because God, who is infinite, is all-seeing, man, the image and likeness of God, reflects and expresses unlimited sight. Gradually the veil dispersed, and in a short time I could see better than ever before. Glasses were never put on again.
