In 1913 I was ill with tuberculosis...

Inger Paulsen

In 1913 I was ill with tuberculosis. The doctors gave me one year to live. I was the only child of a physician and had had innumerable medical treatments. A conversation with a Christian Scientist brought an instantaneous healing of constipation, from which I had also suffered. This healing started me in the study of Christian Science. As my understanding of God grew, my health returned, and I became a normal person. It has since been my privilege to experience many healings—physical, social, and economic.

One healing occurred as follows. I had eaten something which I later learned was believed to be poisonous, and as a result I had lost my sense of taste. Careful examination of my thinking revealed to me that I had allowed criticism and a sense of annoyance to enter my consciousness. When these were corrected my sense of taste was restored, and I was entirely free.

A medical examination, which I was required to take for a position, disclosed a badly infected tonsil and a tumor on the tonsil. In considering my thinking and conduct, I realized that I had used conversation below the standard of Christian Science. I corrected this failing, and both of the physical conditions disappeared, as a later examination confirmed.

In this healing, as well as in the healing of loss of taste, I was helped by a Christian Science practitioner. I have found our practitioners to be consecrated workers, willing to give of their services at all times.

One day as I was boarding a train a man helped me on with my grips and then sat opposite me. The words "thief and drunkard" came to my thought. I closed my eyes and declared that God never made a thief or a drunkard. Just then the man said to me, "What did you do to me?"

"What makes you think I did anything to you?" I asked.

"I am a thief and have been all my life," he replied. "All of a sudden I don't want to rob you. This has never happened to me before. You did something to me that no one has ever done to me in all my life. Now, what did you do?"

I told him that God made all men good and honest. Then he broke down and cried. He said he wanted to live a good life and asked if I would help him. I gave him my address and promised to help him. Later I received a letter from him stating that he was trying to live a decent life.

At one time I was out of work when the bill came due for my yearly subscription to the Christian Science periodicals. At first I was tempted to feel sorry for myself because I was alone and unprovided for. However, I made persistent declarations that infinite supply was present. Then I was led to write to a trust company who had handled a defunct estate. I had been emphatically told that its affairs had been completely settled, but my letter brought an answer that all preferred bills against the estate would be allowed on presentation of the necessary papers. I received two hundred and sixty-five dollars. Since that time I have been beautifully provided for.

I am grateful for church membership, class instruction, and the complete and final revelation of Christian Science by Mary Baker Eddy.—(Mrs.) Inger Paulsen, Chicago, Illinois.

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