When Christian Science was first presented to me I was in great need of help. I was suffering from an acute infection of the sinuses. Even the bones of my face were involved, and the doctors who had been treating me said they could not cure it or even stop the infection. They could only offer temporary relief. I could not believe that it was impossible for me to get well. I stopped using the temporary relief and prayed for guidance to know what to do.
Very soon after this I moved to another city, and divine Mind guided me to take an apartment in the same house as a Christian Science practitioner, though I did not know she was one. I decided to work as long as I could and soon found a position. Since I lived close enough, I went home to lunch. Every day before returning I would stand with my face exposed to the midday sun.
One day the practitioner came out and asked me why I was holding my face to the sun. I told her about the infected condition and that I thought the sun might heal me. She asked, "Do you know that 'Christian Science brings to the body the sunlight of Truth, which invigorates and purifies'?" She continued the quotation: "'Christian Science acts as an alterative, neutralizing error with Truth. It changes the secretions, expels humors, dissolves tumors, relaxes rigid muscles, restores carious bones to soundness'" (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 162). I told her I wished it would do all that for me. She asked me if I knew she was a practitioner. I told her that I did not but that I was glad to hear it, for she could tell me how Science heals.
