Article May 1, 1948 Issue

The Ever-present Christ

[From the Field]

A man came into the Reading Room after seeing the sign outside and asked if he might read about Christian Science. He went into the study room, and after reading several articles he came to the librarian's desk to ask if Christian Science could help his brother, who was ill with a severe nervous breakdown. Could it help his family, which was in trouble? Could it help him, as he was weighed down with trouble? He was a barrister, being retained by the government, but his family was in another country.

The librarian told him that if he would study the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, he would find the light that would guide him to an answer. Day after day he came to the Reading Room to study the textbook for two or three hours at a time. At first he found it revolutionary to all the physical science he had studied, and sometimes a wall of obstruction would seem to rise up in his thought; but all the time he knew that Science and Health was giving him the truth.

After a period of ten days he came to the librarian to tell her that while he was reading one day he suddenly felt new strength. He said: "All the weakness and weariness I have had during the past few months has gone. It is just wonderful! The peace of this room is past all understanding."

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