For many years Christian Science has been my only physician. My introduction to it came at a most critical time, when tuberculosis threatened my life. The disease, which medical science failed to heal or alleviate, grew steadily worse. The loss of weight from continuous coughing day and night reduced me to a near skeleton in appearance, and I felt that I would have to bring my much-needed employment to an end. Insurance companies to which I had made application for life insurance rejected me; and there was an ever-increasing fear, which in time developed into a despondency so great that there remained with me no desire to live.
At the point of my greatest despair a friend of my mother's told her of a religion called Christian Science that was known to heal all manner of disease, and this friend urged that I attend a Wednesday meeting at a Church of Christ, Scientist, where testimonies of healing are given. Without any further information as to what Christian Science was, I consented to accompany my mother to the next Wednesday evening meeting. That God had brought me to this place was amply proved to me on that wonderful and never-to-be-forgotten occasion. During the period allotted for the giving of testimonies a young woman rose, and with joy as spontaneous as her gratitude was deep and reverent she testified to a healing of tuberculosis through Christian Science. The effect on me was so great as to bring a restoration of lost hope and a desire to learn more about this wonderful religion. Through the help of practitioners who worked for me at different times my healing came.
The recognition of my need for earnest study of Christian Science proved to be one of the greatest blessings in this experience, since the condition that needed to be healed was primarily mental. Many disease-producing habits of thought had to be cast out. Quick temper, fear of lack, and the belief in heredity were only a few of the characteristics of mortal mind which had to be recognized and overcome.
