Some years ago in a growing town in the new state of Oklahoma, three families met at a church. The structure was not impressive; its exterior was of painted wood, the elevated sidewalks were planks, and the windows were kept open to let in any available breeze, for the summers were long and hot. Still, these families were delighted to find this church because it was a Church of Christ, Scientist, and they had heard that it offered a new way to live and healed the sick as Christ Jesus commanded his disciples to do.
All three families had taken up the study of Christian Science at approximately the same time. They were religiously-minded people who came from homes where God and the Bible were respected, and they had belonged to churches. Yet when they learned of this new religion, they sought it out. Even though some of their relatives opposed it, they themselves saw no reason to do so. They believed what Mrs. Eddy says of Science and Health: "The textbook of Christian Science maintains primitive Christianity, shows how to demonstrate it, and throughout is logical in premise and in conclusion."The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 111; They wanted to use this Science in their own lives, and did.
One family lacked education, and because of this the father was restricted to driving what in those days was called a hack cab. The parents felt the burden of poverty and longed for better employment and a better education for their children than they had had.
