When I reached a point in my experience at which the...

When I reached a point in my experience at which the religious training of my childhood held no further hope or comfort for me, the holy influence of the study of Christian Science on human character came forcibly to my attention, through association with newly formed acquaintances. A calm mental assurance in these people was conspicuously noticeable, a state of mind which I greatly desired. This was more than nineteen years ago, and during this time the study of Christian Science has amply satisfied my spiritual need. It has been my comfort through trials, my solace in sorrow, and my only physician, having healed me innumerable times.

The impersonal nature of healing in Christian Science was evidenced to me in my early study, when I was instantaneously healed of a severe cold while attending a Christian Science lecture. A keen sense of disappointment was felt at not being able to secure a seat in the auditorium from which the lecturer could be seen, but I was permitted to sit on the stairs leading to the balcony. I became so intensely interested in the lecture that I did not notice until I reached home that the condition was entirely gone.

I have learned that healing in Christian Science is mental regeneration, that regeneration to which Paul referred when he said, "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." On page 240 of our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, we read, "Remember that mankind must sooner or later, either by suffering or by Science, be convinced of the error that is to be overcome." This process of mental regeneration has occurred and is recurring in my experience. I was troubled with a skin eruption, which moved about on my neck and face for a period of several years. Christian Science treatment gave relief, but the complete healing did not take place until, through suffering and Science, my thought was changed from suspicion and distrust to tolerance and forgiveness. A cyst of long standing disappeared when my mental attitude changed from arrogant pride to that of love and compassionate understanding.

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