Blessings of an abundant nature have been mine through the study and application of Christian Science. I attended a Christian Science Sunday School until I was seventeen years of age, at which time I went into the United States Navy. I found the spirit willing but the flesh weak, and gradually I strayed from my early teachings and found myself in a world of futile pleasures, passions, and misery.
At a time when I would have gladly traded in my life for anything other than what it appeared to be, I was led to turn my thoughts back to God. I didn't know where to start but prayed daily that I might be led to find a wife who would be good, true, and honest and who might help me to a better way of life than I had experienced for the past twelve years. In three months my prayers were answered. I met a girl at an evening adult education class at a city college. She was a Christian Scientist, and shortly after we were married she led me back to the study of Science through the following experience.
I had lost my job, seemingly through no fault of my own, and while applying for a new job, I was asked to submit to a physical examination. I did this without the slightest thought that it would present a problem. However, after the examination the doctor informed me that I had a severe hernia and that I would have to be operated on immediately if I wanted the job for which I had applied.
