In 1918 I was employed as a...

Beulah B. Page

In 1918 I was employed as a secretary in this city, and was very lonely and sad. A stranger came into the office one day, and during a short conversation she mentioned the Christian Science Reading Room, saying that the answer to any trouble or sorrow could be found there.

My mother had been an ardent worker in an orthodox church, but as I could not accept all of its creed I had never joined it. After my mother passed on, I attended various Protestant churches seeking comfort, but became more confused and troubled. About a year later I remembered what this person had said to me, and I went to the Christian Science Reading Room. The librarian explained how to study Christian Science, and I purchased a copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and read it every spare moment. I pondered what I had read and accepted all that I could understand. The reading of the book lifted me out of the murky condition of thought, and I began to attend the Christian Science church. In 1925 I became a member of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, and of a branch church; I also had class instruction the same year.

During all the years since then every problem that has arisen has been solved in Christian Science. I have been healed of sorrow, lack, and colds.

During the first year that I was serving as Second Reader I awakened one Sunday morning to find that I could not speak aloud. It was too late to ask for a substitute. My husband and I worked until we had to leave for church, and by the time he had to go about his duties as usher I could speak above a whisper, but not distinctly. I kept on working, and when it was nearly time to go out on the platform the thought came, If Mrs. Eddy were here, what would she tell me to do? Then this statement of hers in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 120) came to my thought: "Those who look for me in person, or elsewhere than in my writings, lose me instead of find me." I reached for one of her books, and opened "Retrospection and Introspection" to page 16, where our Leader tells of the healing of a young lady during one of the sermons she was preaching. The mother came with her daughter through the crowd to the platform to Mrs. Eddy to express loving gratitude. The mother said of her daughter, "When she entered this church one hour ago she could not speak a loud word, and now, oh, thank God, she is healed!"

In a moment I heard my own voice saying aloud in a clear, strong, and joyous tone, "Thank You, Father." I was completely healed. Later my husband told me that he had never heard me read so well, that my voice was very clear and came over the loud speaker perfectly.

I am sincerely grateful, and trust that this testimony may bless others.—(Mrs.) Beulah B. Page, Detroit, Michigan.

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