The first statement I remember my mother repeating to me after she had begun reading Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, is from the Bible, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear" (I John 4:18). My parents had separated, and I had been refused admittance to school that year because of tuberculosis. Knowing the unhappy home situation, the doctor let my mother keep me with her instead of sending me to a sanatorium.
Although my mother already knew something of Christian Science, it was at this time that she started to study in earnest. She had been reluctant to let me get out of bed very much, but the understanding of the verse just quoted from I John lifted our thoughts from fear and discouragement to hope and confidence in God's love for us. The following school year I was enrolled without any difficulty and passed all necessary physical tests to enter school.
Thinking back over the past thirty years, I realize that Christian Science is truly the way of Life, not only because of the physical healings which have taken place but because of the high standards and guidance it has given me and my family.
