"The 'still, small voice' of scientific thought reaches over continent and ocean to the globe's remotest bound," writes Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, on page 559 of Science and Health. I have had many proofs of the allness and omnipresence of God. Two instances that stand out vividly occurred during World War II.
On one occasion, I returned to Hawaii from an amphibious campaign in the central Pacific with acute symptoms of fever. Immediately, I cabled for help to a Christian Science practitioner on the mainland, more than two thousand miles away. After some delay due to wartime restrictions on personal messages, a cabled reply brought the assurance that prayerful treatment had been started. During the period of waiting, it was necessary to rely on the sustaining realization that all is, in truth, well; that no mesmeric suggestion calling itself a fevered condition can debilitate or render helpless the real, spiritual man who the Bible and Christian Science teach is made in God's own image.
Within a week, I was completely free from a fever which, according to prevailing belief, would ordinarily have taken longer to overcome. One of the things that impressed me particularly about this experience was the fact that because of the restrictions on communications, the practitioner relied on God's guidance to know what phases of mortal belief needed to be handled in her daily metaphysical work. This metaphysical work—this positive affirmation of man's oneness with his Father-Mother God—constitutes prayer in Christian Science. The demonstration proved not only that "the 'still, small voice' of scientific thought" nullifies distance but that scientific thought brings effectively to bear the appropriate healing truths of the Christ message. The effectiveness of my religion in this case was readily acknowledged by professional associates who were not Christian Scientists.
