Some years ago I had two early-term miscarriages. Medical means were never sought, and Christian Science treatment fully removed the pain. My husband and I felt content without children, but through further Christian Science treatment, we were later delighted to complete two pregnancies. At the beginning of the first pregnancy, I called a Christian Science practitioner and briefly explained the past trouble I had had. She quoted from Mary Baker Eddy, spiritual interpretation of the first line in the Lord's Prayer in Science and Health, "Our Father which art in heaven, Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious" (p. 16). After the birth, excessive bleeding was brought to a halt through prayer.
At another time, an intermittent abdominal pain caused me to seek treatment from a Christian Science practitioner. Within a day or two, I passed a small growth. I like Mrs. Eddy's explanation in Science and Health of error losing its foothold: "When the mechanism of the human mind gives place to the divine Mind, selfishness and sin, disease and death, will lose their foothold" (p. 176). And elsewhere this book states, "Truth has no home in error, and error has no foothold in Truth" (p. 282). Truth separates the lie from us and destroys it—in reality we are the embodiment of good alone.
For a period I struggled with a health problem, involving a number of symptoms, including headaches, difficulty with mental processes, and an inability to verbalize freely. I communicated frequently with the practitioner who was praying for me, and at one point I instantly felt a definite coolness move over my head. This healing was a landmark for me; it showed me the power of this Science to heal something that seemed difficult, and it demonstrated that in truth man's Mind is God and is therefore entirely sound and undisturbed. I was also grateful for the compassion, skill, and "stick-to-itiveness" of the practitioner.
