In 1930 I was a physical wreck...

Anne Poll

In 1930 I was a physical wreck and on the verge of despair. For fifteen years I had been suffering from gall bladder colic, infection inside my head, and a sense of depression. While I was in this state, a friend came to see me. After twenty years of illness, she had been healed in Christian Science; so she persuaded me to attend a Christian Science lecture to be given in a few days.

I went, though I was quite unenthusiastic. I really did not want to know anything about Christian Science, for I had no faith in it. I sat in the farthest corner of the hall from the platform. At first I did not hear anything, but then the words began to come to me loudly and clearly.

In closing, the lecturer told about Lazarus being raised from the dead, at which time Jesus said to those around him, "Loose him, and let him go" (John 11:44). The lecturer explained that we should loose our fellow men, in our consciousness, and let them go. These words released me at that very moment. I had the feeling that whatever was erroneous had fallen away from my thought. I went home rejoicing and singing. From that hour on I subscribed fully to the teachings of Christian Science. I procured from a Reading Room the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. I already had a Bible.

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