Over twenty years ago I was greatly impressed by seeing a small boy quickly and completely healed of pneumonia through Christian Science treatment. At the first opportunity I bought the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, and read it very earnestly. Though I found it difficult to understand, I was so firmly convinced of its superior healing power that I soon discontinued my training as a medical nurse, and I trained for teaching instead. The thought of God as infinite Mind was of great help to me when taking examinations.
During the first years of my study of Christian Science I was healed of severe chilblains, influenza, and a slight sunstroke. My sister was raised from semi-invalidism to health, and she now holds a responsible position in the Civil Service. I accepted these healings happily and gratefully, and I joined a branch church and The Mother Church, but I did very little deep thinking.
When one who was very dear to me passed on, I was forced to study with much greater consecration. After some months of desolation I had a beautiful healing of grief and saw very clearly the impossibility of separation from good for any of God's ideas. Soon afterwards I had the great privilege of class instruction. Another blessing was a marked improvement in my sight, which had been defective since childhood.
In the autumn of 1940, owing to the war, my work disappeared overnight. My parents had both recently passed on, our home was let, and my resources were very limited. In two days' time through reliance on God I obtained another position and a temporary home in the house of a kind friend. Soon a permanent home was offered me. The last fifteen years have been very happy, filled with loving companionship and many opportunities to demonstrate Christian Science. Among various other healings have been those of German measles and a dislocated arm.
In 1950 a valuable gold watch was taken from the office of a friend to whom I had lent it. Three months later it was recovered in a remarkable way. The one who had taken it said that he had tried to get rid of it many times and had even contemplated throwing it into the river, but something stopped him every time. This "something," I knew, was the result of the work being done in Christian Science, and I am very grateful for the lesson of perseverance I had to learn at that time.
I rejoice that Christian Science has made no division between me and the other members of my family. None of them are students of Christian Science, but through the prayerful work done for them with their consent both by me and others, they have experienced healings, protection when on a torpedoed ship during World War II, and the solving of home and business problems.
I am most grateful for excellent health, for the annual association meetings, and for the discipline of church work. But my greatest joy is in the increasing understanding of God and of man as the dearly beloved of infinite Love. It is my earnest desire to say truly with our courageous Leader, Mrs. Eddy (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 174), "Each day I know Him nearer, love Him more, and humbly pray to serve Him better."— West Kirby, Cheshire, England.
