In Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy we read (p. 92), "The mistake of thinking that error can be real, when it is merely the absence of truth, leads to belief in the superiority of error."
I found a consideration of this passage was the turning point when I experienced a severe case of shingles about three years ago. During the period of my illness there were times when the pain was so intense that I could neither sit still in a chair nor lie in bed. To human sense it was indeed a fiery trial.
I was tempted to resign my work as librarian in a Christian Science Reading Room, but uppermost was the thought that by so doing I would be admitting the reality of error and that to resign was exactly what error wanted me to do to prevent a continuation of my work in the Reading Room. I lay for days with the textbook open at page 92, trying to assimilate what the sentence meant.
