For many years I have been a student of Christian Science and have enjoyed and have been helped by reading the testimonies in the periodicals.
I became interested in Christian Science on witnessing the healing of deafness in a close friend of the family. The husband of the friend was later healed of alcoholism through the prayer of a Christian Science practitioner. These healings brought Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy into our home, and I read the book day and night. My life from then on took on new meaning. During the years that have elapsed since then, Christian Science has been my only physician. I became more and more aware of God's presence and power and demonstrated the healing power that comes with this recognition.
One experience we had stands out with great clarity. Our older son fell over a load of lumber and his leg was broken. We called on a Christian Science practitioner for help. The practitioner said that he would take up prayerful work. Because the break appeared to be complicated, we thought it might be well to have the leg set by a surgeon. In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy states (p. 401): "Until the advancing age admits the efficacy and supremacy of Mind, it is better for Christian Scientists to leave surgery and the adjustment of broken bones and dislocations to the fingers of a surgeon, while the mental healer confines himself chiefly to mental reconstruction and to the prevention of inflammation."
