I wish to express my unbounded gratitude for the saving grace and power of the Christ, Truth, as explained and made practicable in Christian Science and to testify to the solving of many problems when I have persistently and properly applied its unerring rules. For forty years I have not resorted to medicine of any kind.
Some years ago I had been riding for many hours with a friend when her car suddenly bounced off the concrete pavement. In her haste to get it back on again, she put too much pressure too quickly on the accelerator. The car just missed the one ahead of us and swerved to the other side of the road, barely missing a truck coming from the opposite direction. The car came to a stop, completely turned over in a field. When I recovered from the shock, I realized the allness of Spirit and its ever-protecting presence. I had a severe pain in my back, arms, and shoulders, but I held to the truth that man is not material; he is a spiritual idea of God, divine Mind.
Because the car was a total loss, we could not proceed until a few days later; and so we stayed at a motel. A Christian Science practitioner was called, and as a result of his prayerful work the pain in my left arm and shoulder was healed quickly, but the right arm was paralyzed. I continued to pray, first with the support of the practitioner and then on my own, and eventually the healing was complete.
