My first healing in Christian Science was that of granulated eyelids. This condition had plagued me since my early high school days. My eyes were weak, inflamed, and unsightly after much reading. I had not read far in the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, when I decided that I would rely upon spiritual means for the healing of my physical ills. In cleaning all medication from my medicine chest, I hesitated over throwing out a salve I had frequently used for my eyes. I questioned as to whether or not this was medication, and since I was using my eyes for reading far more than it was my custom, I wondered if it would be safe to discard the salve. Then came the assurance that if I was reading to gain good and a correct sense of God, then God would provide all that was necessary in the effort. My eyes cleared, and I am grateful that in more than twenty years since then there has never been a return of that condition.
One evening while teaching night school I suddenly lost the use of one leg and could not bear any weight upon it. I was helped home and went to bed. The next day I was no better. I prayed to have revealed to me the erroneous thoughts needing correction; I reasoned that since the study of the Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly is so important, it would be well to analyze my thought processes while studying the lesson. I soon found that I had fallen into the habit of agreeing with what Mrs. Eddy says about spiritual facts, but was glossing over what she states about mortal mind and its ramifications.
Further analysis revealed that in pondering the statements in the textbook and other authorized Christian Science literature, I was applying the truths contained therein to other people and their human situations, but not to myself and my situation. Thereafter I was careful to give equal heed to all the statements I read and to know their universal application to all mankind, including myself.
