Some time ago, when I was desperately in need of help, I turned to the study of Christian Science for a solution to my problem, which was not physical, but what is commonly called psychological. I needed a true sense of values to replace the false, crumbling materialistic concepts of happiness and success which had brought me to a point of complete despair. Without such a sense of values there seemed to be no valid reason for existence.
Mary Baker Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 494), "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need." This quotation was prominently displayed in the first Christian Science church I attended and has been a constant source of encouragement to me when aggressive mental suggestions have tried to thwart my progress in this life-sustaining religion. For the first time in my experience I found spiritual laws which could be demonstrated to the degree one understood them.
My awareness of Christian Science developed slowly and unobtrusively at first. In retrospect, it seems that as I approached my human extremity I began to come into contact with more and more students of Christian Science. I saw in them qualities which I admired although I had no thought of embracing their beliefs. I had never found any religion which could satisfactorily explain God and man's relationship to Him.
