While I was serving as Second Reader of a branch church, many proofs of the omnipresence of good unfolded in my experience. An example is the protection I received one Saturday night when I slipped on a spot of oil on the concrete floor of my garage and sat down with great force. I remembered that our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, says on page 393 of our textbook. Science and Health, "Your body would suffer no more from tension or wounds than the trunk of a tree which you gash or the electric wire which you stretch, were it not for mortal mind."
As I sat there, I reasoned: "What difference does it make if I did fall? I have not broken any of God's laws; so there are no penalties. I will not accept any of the suggestions of injury, because they are not Godlike." I got up and went into the house and did not again think of the incident until the next afternoon. Then I rejoiced to realize that my freedom was complete. There was no soreness, stiffness, nor any other discord.
On another Saturday I suffered from heavy and almost continuous coughing. Loss of voice threatened me, and all day I worked in Christian Science. At eight o'clock that night, when there had been no relief, my husband asked if I wanted to call for a substitute Reader for the next day. At this point I turned to the Bible and read (Job 38:4), "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?" I saw that nothing had changed God's creation, including man. God's perfect work is ever at the standpoint of completeness and perfection. The next morning I was in my place at the Reader's desk and freely expressed the Word of Truth.
