When my mother was a young married woman, she became ill with a serious internal disorder. The doctor attending her stated that an operation was essential. A relative, who was a student of Christian Science, gave my mother a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. Instead of having the operation, my mother asked for treatment from a Christian Science practitioner, and a complete healing resulted.
My brother and I were then enrolled in a Christian Science Sunday School, and we had the privilege of being pupils there until reaching the age of twenty. During this period I learned much of God and of His creation, including man, made in His image and likeness, and how to apply this understanding in my daily affairs.
Some years ago I had a convincing proof that Christian Science heals. While I was chopping wood the ax slipped and cut my thumb badly. My first thought was one of gratitude for my understanding that in reality no accident can happen to man, who is spiritual, made in God's image and likeness, and that God knew nothing about the accident. All pain and bleeding stopped in a very short time, and I put a loose covering over the thumb. I recalled some lines from Science and Health which read (p. 151), "All that really exists is the divine Mind and its idea, and in this Mind the entire being is found harmonious and eternal." I could see that man is the perfect manifestation of the one infinite Mind, and therefore his being is harmonious and eternally intact. I dwelt on this and other basic facts of true existence during the following days, at the same time using my hand as normally as possible. Within a week I felt sure that the thumb was healed, and removed the covering. There was no trace of the injury whatsoever.
