I would like to express my sincere thanks to God for Christian Science and for the transformation it has brought into my life. When I was quite young, I became a member of an orthodox church. But as I did not find the truth I was seeking or satisfactory answers to my questions, I drifted away from religion and did not attend a church for many years.
At a time when I was having difficulty with a number of problems, my wife, who was a student of Christian Science, placed an open copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy in front of me on the table. I began to read this textbook, and I became so interested that I lost all account of time and read far into the night. Soon I found such satisfactory answers to my perplexing questions that I spent many hours reading and pondering the Bible and Science and Health. On some occasions I read on through most of the night. Before long I was healed of the drinking and smoking habits of many years' standing.
One great annoyance I had was recurring colds, which usually lasted all winter. Shortly after I began the study of Science, I caught a cold. I called a Christian Science practitioner for help, and the condition was healed. I realized that these long periods of discomfort were not necessary, since God's law, the only real law, gives freedom from everything unlike divine Love. Christian Science was teaching me that God is the only power and that this power is entirely good. Then one Sunday morning, when I was serving as an usher in a branch church, I awoke with quite a severe cold, and I went to work very earnestly to overcome it through my own prayers. By the time I arrived at church to usher, I was completely free.
Before coming into Christian Science, I had suffered a very severe attack of gall bladder trouble and was under medical treatment. When I was quite a new student of Christian Science, while on a business trip I was stricken with the same trouble in a severe form. As I worked earnestly to apply to this problem the understanding I had of Christian Science, I was healed, and the healing has been permanent. Through the application of the truth I was also healed of a growth on my hand.
On one occasion I went to another city to visit my father, who was not a Christian Scientist. He appeared to be very ill with a heart condition and had been bedfast for some time. I gave him a copy of Science and Health to read, and with his consent I worked for him as we are taught to do in Christian Science. In a few weeks he was all right again, and the trouble did not recur.
At another time two friends and I were protected from harm in a serious accident. While we were parked and' were still in our car, we were struck by a passing truck. I applied the truth, knowing there could be no accidents in divine Mind, in God's kingdom. I was completely unharmed, and my two friends were only slightly injured. All connected with the accident were protected from serious injury.
Many business problems have been worked out satisfactorily through the application of Christian Science. Some of these solutions have been accomplished through my own work and some with the help of a Christian Science practitioner. I am grateful for the understanding of God as Life, as we learn in Christian Science, because this understanding . sustained me and healed me of grief at the passing of my wife.
For the daily unfoldment of the truth and for the realization that God guided' the pen of our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, in her inspired discovery of the healing Christ, Truth, I am deeply thankful. Membership in The Mother Church and a branch church, class instruction, and participation in church activities have enriched my life. — Louisville, Kentucky .
