I shall always be grateful that Christian Science came into my home while I was still a little girl. My father was a minister, and the Bible was deeply loved in our home, but its practical healing value remained undiscovered until a copy of the Christian Science textbook by Mrs. Eddy was given to my mother.
Up to this time I had always been susceptible to bronchitis and other chest ailments; and often when our Scottish weather was severe, it was considered wise to keep me indoors. Very soon after my mother had begun to study Christian Science and to teach me some of its basic truths, there was a cold, foggy Saturday when I badly wanted to go to a dancing lesson. At first it was decided that I must stay at home, but then we remembered the words of Hymn No. 144 in the Christian Science Hymnal. We had recently memorized this hymn, the first lines of which read,
In atmosphere of Love divine,
We live, and move, and breathe.
