About twenty-five years ago I was told by several physicians that it would be necessary for me to undergo a major operation in order to avoid being an invalid for the rest of my life. In my extremity I turned to God for help. I recalled many trying experiences through which I believed God had helped me and was convinced that He would show me the way out of this one. In this faith I took a firm stand against the operation and put my trust in my very feeble knowledge of God. That evening I remembered that my sister, who lived in a distant city, had written me about a healing she had experienced through Christian Science treatment and had asked me to visit a practitioner.
I was scheduled to report to the hospital the next morning for the operation, but instead I went to a practitioner. For her love, patience, and understanding of God I shall never cease to be grateful. My fear was at once dispelled, and I returned the following day to my position in the office. I took up the sincere study of Christian Science immediately, and within a very short time I was completely healed.
Very soon every member of my family had taken up the study of this Science. We have witnessed in our immediate family the healing of tuberculosis, appendicitis, nervous breakdown, and an enlarged spleen, which physicians had said could not be healed. Smoking and drinking were discontinued, and moral evils, such as hatred, jealousy, resentment, and other unlovely traits of character, as well as discordant human relationships and financial problems, were overcome.
