Many years ago a woman gave me an authorized Christian Science pamphlet in which I read for the first time in my life that God is a loving God, never punishing man with sickness and death. Later I took up the study of Christian Science and purchased the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
At that time the English language was rather difficult for me, and so I had to study Science and Health with the help of a dictionary. In some sentences I had to look up as many as six or seven words. Nevertheless, I felt encouraged to do this because of my great desire to understand something of the wonderful things written in this textbook. As soon as I had read the first pages of the chapter on Prayer, I began to understand something of the powerful truth it contains. It was to me the life-giving water of spiritual inspiration.
Gradually, through my continued study, the light of Christian Science manifested itself in my thinking. I saw the world from a new standpoint. It was as if all the people I met were kinder and more pleasant. The fact, of course, was that the people were the same, but my way of thinking was changing and becoming enlightened through Christian Science. I was immediately healed of hate.
