Christian Science was first brought to my notice when, as a young girl, I was quickly freed from a severe attack of migraine through the prayerful help of a sister, who at that time was a new student of Science. This healing was to me very wonderful because I used to suffer for several days with each attack. In gratitude I accompanied my sister to a church service.
There on the wall I read Jesus' words (Matt. 6:33), "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." This awakened me to the materiality which had invaded my everyday living, and I resolved to turn to God conscientiously. I began at once to study the Lesson-Sermons, provided in the Christian Science Quarterly.
Never again was I obliged to spend days on a bed of suffering; and although it was some years before I obtained my complete freedom, I was enabled to do all that was required of me as a young wife and subsequently as a mother. During these years some unlovely traits of character gradually disappeared, such as that of not adhering strictly to the truth if not doing so would make a better impression.
