My first recollection of Christian Science healing is that of my brother when he was a young child. I remember the night during which he had five convulsions. My mother, who had been a student of Christian Science before her marriage, came into our room and asked my sister and me to know that God is Love. This we did, and it helped to quiet our fears.
After the doctor in attendance had given up hope for my brother's recovery, my mother asked my father to give his consent to have help from a Christian Science practitioner. This he reluctantly did. The next day, when my father came home from work, my brother went out to meet him.
This healing in itself did not change my father's attitude toward Christian Science. Later, however, my mother persuaded him to attend a Christian Science lecture with her. After the lecture he said that the lecturer had been speaking only to him, and he began attending church with my mother.
