When I first attended a Christian Science church service, I had the feeling that I had found a religion in which love is more than just a word. All through the years before I knew of Christian Science I had clung to the thought that there must be some unselfish, great love by which to live. It therefore made me indescribably happy to find in the teachings of this Science that for which I had always been searching.
That Christian Science heals was not so important to me, and I did not at first fully grasp that point. But after a short time I noticed that a heart difficulty had vanished without leaving a trace, although there had been no effort on my part to bring about this healing. To me the study of Science had been more important than all else; and the truth had filled my consciousness until it had displaced the thought of heart trouble. This was over twenty-three years ago, and I have remained free.
From the very beginning of my study I was much interested in the instructions which our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, gives us in the Manual of The Mother Church. I was especially impressed by the words (Art. VIII, Sect. 1), "In Science, divine Love alone governs man." I realized that if I wanted to become a Christian Scientist, I must prove that divine Love governed me and that under this government I could have no enemies and expressed only Love.
