As one whose membership in an orthodox church did not satisfy, I say with humble gratitude that my family and I are now enjoying the opportunity of studying the Science of Christianity and of accepting its attendant blessings.
Over a year ago I was disturbed by what appeared to be a bone felon on a finger of my right hand. It was time for midyear examinations, which meant extra use of the hand and close association with pupils and other teachers who were not Christian Scientists. After diligent study with the Concordances to Mrs. Eddy's writings, fear left me, the pain subsided, and in three days the finger opened, drained, and caused no more inconvenience. Neither pupils nor teachers were aware that I had this difficulty.
I feel that every healing which has occurred in our family, through our own efforts or the work of a consecrated practitioner, is outstanding, though not always in a dramatic sense. Often the least spectacular event is one that reaches far and influences many who are not conscious of being protected.
In proof of this I should like to tell of an experience with our eldest daughter three years ago when she was attending the College of Engineering in a distant university. The Engineering Department had never enrolled women students until that year, and great anxiety was expressed by the faculty that the girls might be injured when the time came for practical shop work. Our daughter wrote us of the fear, felt by the teachers and transmitted to the students, that power-driven machinery was dangerous. Upon receipt of her letter I wrote her that the only power we could use or that could use us was power derived from God, and that this power governed and protected all. This thought was held positively, whenever fear tried to creep in, and perfect results were the outcome. No girl in the group received even a minor injury, and the period of shop work was shortened by several weeks.
Recently, through the work of a practitioner, our youngest daughter's healing of a serious illness has been cause for deep gratitude.
The vastness of Christian Science would awe us if Mrs. Eddy had not made its adaptability so simple when she gave the Science of healing to a sorely tried and troubled world. My valuation of Christian Science is increased whenever I think of the magnitude of our beloved Leader's work in giving to us this Science undimmed by human doctrines and opinions. — Chattanooga, Tennessee.
