In Psalms we read (51:15), "O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise." It is my hope that this testimony will show forth God's praise.
I was reared in an orthodox Protestant religion. As I advanced to an age of reasoning for myself I desired to know how Christ Jesus performed the healings related in the King James Version of the Bible and why this healing ministry was, as I believed, no longer practiced. In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes (p. 1): "Thoughts unspoken are not unknown to the divine Mind. Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds."
My desire, or prayer, was answered when a companion lovingly explained Christian Science to me after I had found accommodation in the home of a student of this Science. For hours at a time I absorbed the truth with eagerness, knowing that it was the religion I had been longing for. I began to attend church services and six months later discarded my glasses, which I had worn for twelve years.
