In gratitude for numerous healings I have enjoyed through the study and application of Christian Science and in appreciation of the spiritual growth which has come through these experiences, I humbly submit this testimony.
In our ranch home we have a concrete basement which is reached through a trap door and a heavy staircase. When we bought the house, the stairway was not anchored; it merely rested against the concrete wall. One day when I had to go down to the basement I went to the opening and stepped on the top step. Without any warning the staircase slid from place and fell to the floor eight feet below. I landed astride one of the heavy steps with one foot caught under it, and the pain was excruciating.
The first thing that came to my thought was the Lord's Prayer with its spiritual interpretation, given on pages 16 and 17 of our textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. This prayer had become such a part of my daily life that in my extremity it came to me immediately. After a few moments I dragged myself to a chair and declared the truth that I was in reality God's child. I repeated Mrs. Eddy's statement on page 424 of the textbook, "Accidents are unknown to God, or immortal Mind, and we must leave the mortal basis of belief and unite with the one Mind, in order to change the notion of chance to the proper sense of God's unerring direction and thus bring out harmony."
