Christian Science has been the only physician in our household for many years. There have been numerous healing experienced by members of the family, and gratitude has been expressed for the good that has come to us through the study and application of the truth as given us by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. Some years ago I accepted a teaching position in a school system which required each applicant to take a physical examination. The physician who gave me the examination told me that I had quite a large tumor, which should be removed by an operation at once. He said that a possible injury at the time of the birth of our daughter many years before was the probable cause.
The fear which flooded my thinking was bewildering. I turned to the loving support of my husband, and together we went to see a Christian Science practitioner. She reminded us of the tender care of our Father Mother God, the changelessness of His creation, and the power of Truth to meet every human need. It appeared necessary for me to take an immediate stand either by going to the hospital for an operation or by depending wholly upon Christian Science as I had done in every emergency for many years. Still battling wave after wave of intense fear, I looked back over the years that Christian Science had been our only physician. I remembered many proofs of God's tender care, guidance, and protection, as well as the healing of material ills, and I knew that there was only one course I wished to follow. I asked the practitioner to continue helping me, and I went on with my daily work.
The healing came very slowly, and there were many dark hours, but I clung steadfastly to the truth that all God's creation is perfect and that as His child I was a part of that perfection. This stand made it possible for me to perform every duty expected of me at home, at school, and at church, where I was substituting as Second Reader, an office I had held some years before.
