Before I came into Christian Science, more than eleven years ago, I was a fully trained and registered medical nurse and had worked with medicine for over twenty-five years. When a patient whom I was nursing commenced to have Christian Science treatment my reaction was one of scorn and incredulity, for I felt that medical science had given its verdict in the case and that Christian Science could not possibly know more about a disease than did the doctors who had diagnosed it.
My desire was to get away from that patient, for I valued my medical knowledge very highly and wanted nothing to do with Christian Science; but in spite of great efforts on my part to leave, it was impossible for me to do so. After a few days, though still wishing to have nothing to do with Christian Science, I was led, through what I have since realized was an angel message, to open "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
Having started to read, I could not stop until I had read that wonderful book from cover to cover. As I read, a great peace came to me; my wish to get away from Christian Science suddenly ceased, and before I had finished reading I saw clearly that the healing system explained in Science and Health is the only true method of healing, the method that Jesus taught and practiced. Although I did not realize it at the time, the faith I had previously had in medical science and material treatment vanished at that moment.
