Over twenty-three years ago my testimony appeared in the Christian Science Sentinel, and since then many healings have taken place for which I am deeply grateful.
One Christmas shortly after I took up the study of this Science, I went to my parents' home. Soon after my arrival I became ill with the grippe. At that time a near relative, who was a registered medical nurse, was very much opposed to what she considered Christian Science to be. When she saw me in that condition, she made some slighting remark about Christian Science and said she would like to see it heal me. My father, a physician, made no comment, because he knew I depended on God, the great Physician.
When the family was gathered together after the evening meal, I was feeling very sick; so I left them to be alone for a while. I sat in the dark and began to pray. I knew so little about working in Science that I just sat there for about fifteen minutes and thought of some of the beautiful passages I had read in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy.
