In the early 1900's my mother lived in a small midwestern town, where she was the only student of Christian Science. I will always be grateful for her gentle instructions and her staunch reliance on this Science. She perceived the import of Mrs. Eddy's statement in Science and Health (p. vii) "The time for thinkers has come," for she often told me that thinking is the one thing that we are always doing, and that we must see that our thoughts are allied to God, Love. She would send me off to school each morning with a short Bible verse or a statement of spiritual truth that I was to learn that day. As a result of that early training, whenever I have felt threatened by inharmoney of any kind, my thought has turned naturally to God.
At one time while I was exercising a large show pony, I was thrown to the ground, where I landed on my lower back. With great difficulty and much pain I was able to get up and walk to the house. I affirmed God's healing presence as I took each step. There was no answer to the telephone call I made to a Christian Science practitioner. So I claimed for myself the beneficial effects of the healing power of Truth right then and there.
At first there seemed to be no control over normal bodily functions, and then there was a stoppage of action. But as each suggestion of injury presented itself, it was immediately reversed and destroyed through spiritually scientific prayer. As I grew in my understanding of the fact that divine Mind knew nothing of this inharmoney and that, in my true being as Mind's idea, neither could I, the alarming symptoms vanished. I am grateful to say that with this healing, normalcy was restored in every aspect.
