When Christian Science was presented to me I was in...

Marion Little with contributions from David Starr Jordan

When Christian Science was presented to me I was in "the valley of the shadow of death." I had suffered for a number of years with what physicians diagnosed as tuberculosis of the bowels. I had reached the stage where I could not eat or sleep, weighed only eighty-five pounds, and was confined to my bed most of the time. Death seemed to be inevitable.

At this time a friend, who was not a Christian Scientist, came to visit me and asked me and asked me why I did not try Christian Science, as it had healed her husband. I told her I should be glad to try it, and she sent a practitioner to see me. The practitioner talked with me for about half an hour, and then told me if I decided to give up my reliance on material medicine and turn to God for healing to come to his office the next day for treatment. Fifteen minutes after he had left my bedside I was up and dressed and playing the pianola. I shall never forget that evening; a great joy and a wonderful hope filled my whole being. The next day I went to see the Christian Science practitioner and I also purchased a copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. When I returned home I started to read, and before I had finished the chapter on Prayer I knew that Christian Science was what I had been seeking for years.

I must have been healed instantaneously, for that day I ate two hearty meals and continued to do so throughout the days that followed. But after I started to read Science and Health I forgot I had come to Christian Science for healing; my only desire was to know more of the wonderful truths contained in that little book. It was two weeks after I had taken up this study when I realized I was healed.

I have had many healings since then, some of which were of pneumonia, influenza, kidney trouble, and shortness of breath.

I am very grateful for these healings and the many others I have had ; but most of all I am grateful to Christian Science for giving me a God who is Love, who is ever present and understandable, and who never fails us when we turn to Him and trust in His loving care. Words are inadequate to express my gratitude to that courageous New England woman, Mrs. Eddy.—(Miss) Marion Little, New York, New York.

Today is your day and mine—the only day we have, the day in which we play our part. What our part may signify in the great whole we may not understand; but we are here to play it, and now is our time. This we know: it is a part of action, not of whining. It is a part of love, not cynicism. It is for us to express love in terms of human helpfulness.

David Starr Jordan

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