I became interested in Christian Science after seeing its application restore harmony in a home where I was a servant. All the steps had been taken for the husband and wife to separate, except setting the date for a hearing. There were five children in the family, and the servants were much concerned, since some of us had been with the family for many years. The housekeeper was a student of Christian Science, and after she heard the lady of the house walk the floor all night, she helpfully proposed a visit to a Christian Science practitioner. After the lady talked with the practitioner, the healing effects of Christian Science were obvious to me. Harmony returned to the family, and all remained together.
After I saw harmony restored in this family, I wanted to know more about Christian Science. The housekeeper told me as much as she could and gave me her copy of the Christian Science Sentinel every week. After I had read the Sentinel for a while, the light of Truth began to dawn, and I understood that God is exclusively good. One morning I asked where I could get Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. The housekeeper told me she knew a friend who would give me a copy. That was my first Science and Health. I soon began to study the weekly Lesson-Sermon, go to church services, and take my four-year-old daughter to a Christian Science Sunday School.
My first proof of God's omnipresent help and healing power occurred one day after I had been cleaning house. I was going down some stairs, holding a can of lye in one hand. I stopped on a landing to lower a window shade, which got away from me. When I jumped to catch the shade, the lye splashed in my eyes. I quickly and prayerfully declared "the scientific statement of being" from Science and Health, with the reassuring words (p. 468), "All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all." My eyes watered for a few minutes, but there was absolutely no sensation or trouble afterward. I kept this healing to myself for a long time, as I did not want anyone to doubt its verity.
