I shall never forget the first time I entered a Christian Science church and felt the sense of peace which came over me. I realized that the people I saw there had something I had not, and I thought that if all they said was true, there was hope for me. I borrowed the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and read these words in the Preface (p. vii): "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings." To me, this truth was a great revelation. It enabled me to rely entirely on God.
I had not long to wait before a testing time came. A lump appeared on my body, and the pain was so severe one night that I could not remain in bed. These words came clearly to my thought (Ps. 46:10): "Be still, and know that I am God." Immediately all pain ceased, and I knew that the healing was taking place. Three days later the lump disappeared.
I was also healed of a poisoned finger, the effect of which had reached the shoulder. At that time I was following my occupation as a tramcar driver. After asking for exemption from work for a day to work out this problem, I went into a park and there saw a beautiful display of flowers. As I stood looking at the beauty and perfection of these flowers, I realized my perfection as a child of God and perceived that "the divine Mind maintains all identities, from a blade of grass to a star, as distinct and eternal" (Science and Health, p. 70). Immediately the finger drained. It was indeed a case of mental surgery. I went to work the following day and used the hand freely. The whole condition healed within a week and left no scar.
