The fact that I was privileged to...

Ruth Marianne Wolfram

The fact that I was privileged to learn of Christian Science while I was still young fills me with deep gratitude. At this time many blessings came to me as a result of my study of this practical religion, a few of which I should like to give in some detail here.

As the result of a nervous breakdown, I had lost all my hair, and I suffered from a phobia which made it impossible for me to use public transportation or to attend any kind of function without experiencing agonizing symptoms. I was in a lamentable state, for which doctors could offer no remedy. In my distress I turned to a Christian Science practitioner and asked for treatment.

She explained to me first of all God's ever-presence and made clear to me the Biblical assurance, "The very hairs of your head are all numbered" (Matt. 10:30). She also referred me to page 367 of Science and Health where, after referring to the need of the morale of Christian Science as well as its letter, Mrs. Eddy writes, "This is what is meant by seeking Truth, Christ, not 'for the loaves and fishes,' nor, like the Pharisee, with the arrogance of rank and display of scholarship, but like Mary Magdalene, from the summit of devout consecration, with the oil of gladness and the perfume of gratitude, with tears of repentance and with those hairs all numbered by the Father."