About fifty years ago a man I know was called to his mother, who was seriously ill in a distant city. She had been given up by the medical profession and was apparently dying. Christian Science healed her. The son brought this message to me with such joyous conviction that I obtained literature from the Reading Room of a branch church in order to become acquainted with Christian Science. I had never heard anything about it up to that time. While reading I was so attracted by the boldness of the absolute logic that this religion became the firm center of my life.
Lack, fear, doubt, pain, apparent dangers, and character faults were overcome through the understanding of this sublime Science. During these fifty years I have never needed medical treatment or medicine, never had to stay at a health resort or take convalescent leave. Three times I was released from imprisonment and from a prisoner-of-war camp in a wonderful way, and instead of shooting people, I was able to save human lives and help prevent destruction in two wars, with the aid of scientific prayer.
One day, when I was suffering from an attack of severe influenza and feeling great pain with high fever and dizziness, my wife and I prayed almost the entire day. Whenever I tried to get up, I fell. The time drew nearer for me to assume my duties in the theater. I did not know anyone who would be able to take over the direction of the performances.
