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After an early childhood experience with...

From the June 1976 issue of The Christian Science Journal


After an early childhood experience with organized religion I dropped all connection with it. It held no interest or appeal for me. Then followed years of searching for a truth that could satisfy my inner yearnings and unanswered questions. Marriage and a dear little daughter failed to resolve a deep unhappiness. Occasionally I had visited churches of various Protestant denominations but had never returned. Finally I considered myself an agnostic.

One morning I reached out in prayer to what was for me an unknown God. I humbly appealed to this power to lift me out of the misery of constant disappointments and unfulfilled hopes. That evening I was introduced to a student of Christian Science, who invited me to her home. There I picked up a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy from the living room table.

As I read the first page of the Preface, I knew it was the truth for which I had sought all those years. The statement "The time for thinkers has come" filled me with joy. How wonderful! I didn't have to accept anything through blind faith. All prejudice against the Bible vanished at that moment. That night I realized that I was a child of God and that God loved me. I felt as though a block of ice had melted from around my heart. A long-standing resentment against certain individuals in my past was healed. I felt nothing but love and goodwill toward them and everyone.

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