When Christian Science was presented to me nineteen Years ago, I felt it was an answer to prayer, for I had prayed long and earnestly for light on the perplexities of life. I had recognized the seemingly perfect law in nature, which pointed to an intelligent order: but what of man, who seemed to be lacking in all order except to be born and die? Had he no mission, no purpose? The Scriptures confused me, and the advice to trust and leave it all to God failed to quiet my thoughts.

When first given some of the truths of Christian Science by a neighbor, I knew I had received meat and not husks, and with a glad heart I turned again to the Scriptures. With the aid of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy it became a new book to me, a book in which, though yet faintly, I felt the former mysteries clearing up. Mrs. Eddy writes on page 476 of Science and Health. "Learn this, O mortal, and earnestly seek the spiritual status of man, which is outside of all material selfhood."

My first experience in proving the presence of Love, as revealed in Christian Science, came after only one month's study.

I had been called Last to be with a sister who was passing on. One evening, after I boarded an interstate streetcar, a terrifying fear took hold of me. I felt distinctly that I was about to lose the money in my purse, I became almost panicky, for if I lost this money I should not know what to do. My husband was without work and we had had to borrow all that I needed for my trip. My fears increased with each minute. I thought, "Oh, if I only knew how to do protective work as it is done in Christian Science;" but I did not know how this was done, and in desperation I could only sigh, "O dear God, help me, help me!" Then the thought came to me that I should calm myself; then the fact that God is Love. I recognized that Love had called me to come and in love I had answered the call. Love had provided me with the money needed. My sister's friends had lovingly assisted me. Love bade me give her only child a home and care. More and more did I recognize the evidence of Love, until my heart sang with joy and thanksgiving, "Love has been with me all the way, and it will take me safely home. My fears were all forgotten.

As we approached a city in the next state it came to me that I had an errand to take care of. If I did it then, although it was quite late, I should save myself both time and trouble. I immediately rang the bell and got off. The next morning I read in the paper that two masked men had held up an interstate streetcar on the same street only a couple of blocks farther on and at the very same hour that I left the streetcar. With awe and wonder I thanked God that I had been obedient to the prompting that bade me leave. Mrs. Eddy says on page 254 of Science and Health, "When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously. He directs our path."

Since this early experience I have had many proofs of Gods nearness and willingness to save and heal. I have been healed of goiter, a cyst on my head, rupture, and a heart condition. Grief also has been overcome, and main other phases of inharmony have yielded through my knowing that man as the reflection of perfect God knows no separation, no inharmonies, but is whole and free, untouched by mortal mind frailties.

I am most grateful for increased understanding of the allness of God gained through class instruction, for our Way-shower, Christ Jesus, and to our dear Leader for her textbook and other writings, which open our eyes to the understanding that "now are we the sons of God" (I John 3:2). I am also grateful for our consecrated workers in the field, and for all the activities of our church organization.—(Mrs.) Leonora W. Ritzman, Pocatello, Idaho.

It is time that I express gratitude in writing for all the blessings that Christian Science has brought into my life. My mother first became interested in this Science when I was four years old, hoping to aid another member of the family who was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. My mother accepted this truth and taught my brother and me what she learned from reading the textbook. Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, for we moved shortly thereafter to a small town where there was no Christian Science church. We were brought up in orthodox Sunday Schools, but studied Christian Science at home. I was not able to attend the (Christian Science Sunday School until I went to college in a city where there were two churches of our denomination. For the privilege of attending that Sunday School I shall always be grateful.

Later I was privileged to join a Christian Science Organization at a large university. Membership in The Mother Church and a branch church were milestones along the way, each one of which was accompanied by spiritual progress. Class instruction, which was the next step, was a wonderful privilege that is healing fruit daily.

I am deeply grateful for Mary Baker Eddy and her unselfish devotion to God and to mankind and her willingness to undergo many years of privation and persecution in order that we might know and demonstrate the law of universal harmony.

For the correcting of many undesirable traits of character I am indebted to Christian Science, especially to the Sentinel. One healing, which stands out as most indicative of what Christian Science does, is that of the smoking habit, which dropped away when the desire to join a church was uppermost in my thought.

Nine years ago I was healed of a nervous breakdown. This healing took about four months to accomplish but was complete the moment I was ready to accept the truth about myself. Except for this illness I have never been sick for more than a day or two at a time, and always Christian Science was the remedial agent. I have been healed of insomnia, boils, sties, headaches, food poisoning, colds, earaches, melancholia, apathy, laziness, and partial deafness resulting from water getting into the ear while I was swimming. Fear in examinations, although not completely eradicated, was greatly lessened. Self-consciousness and shyness were eliminated while I was ushering in a branch church. Ignorance of God is being replaced with a better understanding of Him and consequently of the real man that He made. Belief of lack has been overcome by my knowing that God created man for a divine purpose and that He cares for His own.

I am very grateful for the loving work of Christian Science practitioners, who are a stronghold in time of trouble. My greatest desire is to help further the Cause of Christian Science in healing mankind and in the redemption of the world.—(Miss) Virginia Atherton, Chicago, Illinois.