Sometimes the newcomer to Christian Science becomes discouraged and fears his understanding is inadequate for his needs, and it is with the desire to encourage the beginner that I give this account of my early experiences in this Science.
About forty years ago my husband and I moved our family to a new city and rented a house across the street from a Church of Christ, Scientist. Neither of us had ever been inside a Christian Science church, and one Wednesday evening we walked across the street and attended our first testimony meeting. The testimonies made a deep impression on me, and a short time afterward I procured a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy and began reading it—mostly from curiosity, for I loved the church in which I had been reared.
For some months before obtaining the copy of Science and Health, I had suffered from a series of sties on my eyelids, which were painful and which I had had lanced by a doctor. At the time I procured this book, I was again suffering from a very large sty, and at supper all the family spoke about the sty and said I must have it lanced the next day. Then they all went out for the evening, and I settled down to read my new book.
