Several years ago my mother gave me a copy of the Christian Science. . .

Several years ago my mother gave me a copy of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. I read from the book spasmodically. I was neutral as far as accepting or rejecting what I had read.

Several months later upon awakening I felt ill. By noon the condition developed to the point where I telephoned a physician only to be told by the answering service to leave my name and the doctor would return my call in the evening. Now I was faced with the problem of what to do. Since I felt that the symptoms were becoming more pronounced, and I was afraid to take any medication whatsoever since I thought that it might do more harm than good, I talked to my mother, who told me to read from the textbook. I immediately opened the book and read.

As my reading progressed for the next couple of hours, I realized for the first time that I was studying spiritual truth. And for the first time I accepted the fact that this book contained the truth of God. When I closed the book that midafternoon, I was completely healed, for I had learned that God is the only cause, that He never caused illness, and that therefore I could not suffer from it. In the evening the doctor returned my phone call. I thanked him and told him that I no longer needed him.

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May 16, 1970
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