Some years ago, at a time of...

Lois M. Haluska

Some years ago, at a time of great need, Christian Science was presented to me. I had been under a medical doctor's care ever since the birth of my baby three months before, because I had not been able to regain my strength. The conditions medically diagnosed at that time included heart trouble, low blood pressure, low blood count, and nervous debility. I had been told that I could not tolerate any more injections of iron; so I was extremely frightened at the prospect of being taken to a convalescent home and leaving my new baby at home. There was a further complication: the baby was also ill, having for thirteen days been suffering continuous diarrhea, which had not responded to treatment.

At this point a woman with whom I was acquainted called upon me and offered some literature on Christian Science, which I accepted readily, stating that I had nothing against it because I knew nothing about it. She left a clipping of a lecture on Christian Science and a copy of the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.

I started to read the lecture right away. Halfway through it I saw quite clearly that I had been badly deceived for a long time and had brought all my trouble upon myself, I saw also that the fearful thoughts I had been entertaining were adversely affecting the baby's condition. The reading of the first chapter of the textbook further strengthened my conviction. When I realized that God is man's real Father and that He loves him, I thought, "Why hasn't someone told me this before?" Both the baby and I were healed completely that same afternoon.

Since that time, through the continuous study and application of the laws of divine Science, as revealed in Mrs. Eddy's works, my family has indeed been blessed, and many other healings and much protection have been experienced. One healing was that of a disorder accompanying the so-called change of life. The truth voiced in one conversation with a practitioner was sufficient to overcome this.

I am indeed grateful for Christ Jesus, and for membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church. I am also grateful for every student of Science who is daily striving to free the individual and the world from all error, thereby ensuring that, in the words of Hymn No. 82 in the Christian Science Hymnal,

Nearer and nearer draws the time,
The time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be filled with
the glory of God
As the waters cover the sea.

—(Mrs.) Lois M. Haluska, San Rafael, California.

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