The words of the following hymn express the gratitude I feel for Christian Science (Hymnal, No. 375):
We thank Thee, Father-Mother,
For blessings, light and grace
Which bid mankind to waken
And see Thee face to face.
We thank Thee, when in anguish
We turn from sense to Soul,
That we may hear Thee calling:
Rejoice, for thou art whole.
I shall never forget the wonderful peace that came to me when, after months and months of untold suffering from rheumatic fever, St. Vitus's dance, and heart disease, a Christian Science practitioner was called. I had been a helpless girl, unable to speak, walk, or even feed myself. In a short time I could speak distinctly, and feed myself. Then came that never-to-be-forgotten day when I dressed and walked into another room. Great was my mother's joy when she saw me enter the kitchen. Although I had missed school I was able to go on with my classmates and graduate from high school.
