Since the day I admitted Christian Science into my life as the only healing and saving influence, I have had the opportunity daily to demonstrate its healing and saving power. For this reason I must bear witness to this fact and express gratitude for our Leader, who brought to the world this Science, unveiling the Christ, which is, as well as my personal Saviour, the Saviour of all mankind.
Chronic illness was part of my childhood experience. An extended period in bed each winter was an expected part of my homelife, and weeks of missed schooling due to colds, influenza, and ear trouble were considered normal in this medical atmosphere. I recall reading a few passages from a Bible my grandmother had given me during one of these periods, and this reading comforted me.
Years later, while I was in college, a required course in Bible history further stirred my interest in the Bible when professors were unable to answer my questions or dismissed them with the answer, "We are not supposed to know that." I knew that there must be a key to the Scriptures. I thought, "If the Bible is the inspired Word of God, then we should be able to understand and prove this Word."
