Many, many years ago, before Christian Science came into my life, I suffered, according to medical diagnosis, from hypertension or high blood pressure. The common symptoms governed my daily routine. The pills brought me only temporary relief, not healing.
This situation was very frustrating. Through all these miseries I learned to pray, until one blessed day I encountered Christian Science. Attendants of the Reading Room of a branch church I visited gave me a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
I began to read of God's mercy and grace, of God's goodness, of His power and love, of His spiritual creation, of man's intactness, sinlessness, and uprightness. The Word of God engaged my attention, awakened my interest for this yet invisible world of spiritual reality—of man's true being. And although at that time my eyes were sore, so that I had not been able to read during many years, I persisted, endeavoring to absorb the high moral standards and the truth revealed to the author, so brilliant, practical, and logical to me. And the miracle of the healing truth, God's Word, bore fruit and continued to do so. Not knowing that divine Truth and Love are God, I had known only human and material affections—the truth and love presented in worldly conversations. I began to search for a deeper understanding of God, diligently, arduously.
