Early one Saturday afternoon I was riding my bicycle down a steep hill toward a busy intersection. I was moving very fast, when the front wheel came off, sending me flying over the handlebars. I turned myself so that my shoulder and arm partly protected my face.

When I came to, there was a crowd of people around me. They wanted me to go to a hospital, but I insisted that they take me home. When I got there, no one was around. I was afraid. There was great pain in my shoulder and back, and I couldn't lift my arm. On one side of my face the skin had been torn. I called a Christian Science practitioner I knew, but she wasn't at home.

I lay down on the couch. Then I decided to call my mother's office to see if she was there, but I couldn't sit up to reach the phone. Next came a feeling of near panic, but I got hold of myself and challenged the fear, knowing that I was not alone because God is with me always.

When my parents came home, they washed me, and we all studied the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. Later we were able to reach the practitioner, who agreed to treat me. The pain disappeared that day, and I slept comfortably, but I still could not lift my arm, and my face was in a bad way.

In the morning my parents thought it would be best for me to stay home from Christian Science Sunday School, but I insisted on going. It was great! Midway through the session I was able to take off the sling I had on my arm.

The next day I went to school, and my friends made a big deal about the large scab that had formed on my face. So that afternoon I did some praying about my face, and sure enough the scab came away. The following day the kids couldn't believe that the scab was gone.

On Wednesday I still could not lift my arm, and I was getting a lot of pressure from the school nurse and some of my friends to have it X–rayed. At first we resisted this, but finally to satisfy them we decided to have it X–rayed.

Now, I had never been to a doctor, except for a physical examination for athletics, and I had qualms about going, as I didn't want to have to answer questions and receive medical treatment. So I prayed hard in Science on Wednesday night after I had gone to bed, and found I could lift my arm without any trouble. There was no reason to go to the doctor. I was overjoyed and very grateful. The healing was so complete that at the time of this writing neither my parents nor I can remember which arm, or which side of my face, was hurt.

I am very grateful for Christian Science.

Duncan Robert Moon
Port Washington, New York

I first attended a Christian Science church service upon the invitation of a friend. I was impressed with the singing of the hymns and with the happy faces. My friend told me about the location of a Christian Science Reading Room. The following Monday I spent my noon hour at the Reading Room, as it was quite near the office where I was employed. I realized I had found the truth, and I had a great desire to know more about this beautiful religion.

At this time I was suffering with pernicious anemia. The doctors had said I had about three months to live. Through earnest study I was completely healed just by reading Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. I did not engage a Christian Science practitioner, since I knew nothing about this provision, but I spent a great deal of time in the Reading Room and found my way to health, happiness, and my true relationship to God. The librarian loaned me a copy of Science and Health. I used to read through most of the night and would be at my place of business the next day by eight thirty, never feeling the loss of sleep or that I was tired. During the first year of my study of this religion I gained twenty pounds, and a complete healing followed. Since that first healing in Science, I have had good health and fine business activity.

My greatest pleasures have been teaching in the Sunday School for twenty–five years and continuing service in the Reading Room.

Our entire family have been blessed with great joy and happiness in Christian Science. My daughter, her husband, and their two children were born with the help of Christian Science treatment, and they have enjoyed their Sunday School training, which has enabled them to demonstrate good health and productive lives.

In our family there have been rapid and complete healings of tuberculosis, cancer, heart trouble, and communicable and so–called childhood diseases through the study of this wonderful religion.

I am grateful for membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church and for class instruction. In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy makes this statement (p. 192): "Whatever holds human thought in line with unselfed love, receives directly the divine power." From the beginning, I have been so grateful for this new way of life and understanding that I want to share it with mankind.

(Mrs.) Lucille E. Dowson
Manhasset, New York