I was in deep human despair when a dear friend brought Christian Science to me several years ago. At that time the harmony within our family had been disturbed through serious problems. Economic difficulties and disturbed human relationships had driven me to the verge of complete resignation.
Self-justification and condemnation of those whom I sought to hold responsible for these conditions held me imprisoned to such an extent that the idea of looking for the fault in myself, that is, in my own thought, at first did not occur to me at all. But I had recognized that these difficulties could not be solved in a human manner.
The pressure of events was so great that I earnestly began to study Christian Science. "Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord" (Jer. 29:13, 14). I gradually found help through a transformation of my character. Mrs. Eddy says in her hymn, "'Feed My Sheep,'" (Christian Science Hymnal, No. 304),
