Ever since childhood, I had been searching for the truth of God, man, and the universe in which we live. However, often it is only when one is spiritually ready to receive the truth that Christian Science comes to the rescue; this was so in my case. Some years ago, when all human aid had proved insufficient, I turned to God in humble and desperately earnest prayer. It seemed to my false thinking that my life was completely ruined. I was in a clinic in the north of England, suffering from a nervous breakdown.
Adjoining the clinic was a chapel. I used to go alone there to pray, and not knowing about Christian Science, I prayed, as I well remember: "Dear God, only You can save me from this agony. Help me, and I promise to do Your will and serve You faithfully always."
Quite soon my prayer was answered. "Leave this clinic" came the message to my thought. Although to human sense this seemed to be unwise, I knew this was my chance, and trusting God completely, which was all the more necessary as I could not think clearly and had partially lost my memory, I persuaded the doctors to let me return to my mother.
